Democracy and Economic Development: a Fuzzy Classification Approach

Ana Margarida Oliveira Brochado () and Francisco Vitorino Martins ()
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Ana Margarida Oliveira Brochado: Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto
Francisco Vitorino Martins: Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto

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Abstract: The aim of this work is to (1) analyse whether countries differ on political indicators (democracy, rule of law, government effectiveness and corruption) and (2) study whether countries with different political profiles are associated with different levels of economic, human development and gender-related development indicators. Using a fuzzy classification approach (fuzzy k-means algorithm), we propose a typology of 124 countries based on 10 political variables. Six segments are identified; these political groups implicate the access to different levels of economic and human development. In this study evidence of a positive but not perfect relationship between democracy and economic and human development is observed, thus presenting new insights for the understanding of the heterogeneity of behaviors relatively to political indicators.

Keywords: Democracy; Economic Development; Fuzzy k-means (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 C61 O10 O57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages.
Date: 2005-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cmp, nep-dev, nep-pol and nep-soc
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