Democracy, History, and Economic Performance: A Case-Study Approach

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1735-1748

  Gerring, John ^a   Kingstone, Peter ^b   Lange, Matthew ^c   Sinha, Aseema ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Case study; Democracy; Development; Economic policy; Growth; India; Mauritius

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; POLICY REFORM; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

BRAZIL; INDIA; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

EID: 80052607360     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.029     Document Type: Article

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