Are all democracies equally good? The role of interactions between political environment and inequality for rule of law

Uwe Sunde, Matteo Cervellati and Piergiuseppe Fortunato ()

Economics Letters, 2008, vol. 99, issue 3, 552-556

Abstract: Using cross-country data, we find evidence for a significant interaction effect between democracy and equality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with better rule of law when inequality is lower.

Date: 2008
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