Legal Quality, Inequality, and Tolerance

Christian Bjørnskov

No 04-9, Working Papers from University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics

Abstract: Previous findings suggest that income inequality leads to lower legal quality. This paper

argues that voters’ tolerance of inequality exerts an additional influence. Empirical

findings suggest that inequality leads to lower legal quality due to its effect on trust

while the tolerance of inequality, proxied by the political ideology of the median voter,

exerts an independent influence.

Keywords: Legal Quality; Inequality; Tolerance; Political Economy; Social Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 K40 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2004-05-27
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