Is democracy more expropriative than dictatorship? Tocquevillian wisdom revisited

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 155-198

  Lee, Woojin ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

de Tocqueville effect; Democratization; Elitist regime; Olson effect; Paternalistic regime; Political economy; Redistribution bias

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; FISCAL POLICY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TAX SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0037542691     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(02)00137-2     Document Type: Article

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