Publication

Oct 2008

This paper critically examines a study by Acemoglu et al. on the effect income has on democracy. The authors argue that the empirical approach employed by the researchers must produce insignificant income effects while a small change in the estimation process immediately reveals the strong effect of income on democracy.

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Author Erich Gundlach, Martin Paldam
Series Kiel Institute Working Papers
Issue 1458
Publisher Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Copyright © 2008 Kiel Institute for the World Economy
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