This paper identifies systematic performance differences between younger and older democracies: younger democracies are more corrupt; exhibit less rule of law, lower levels of bureaucratic quality, and lower secondary school enrollments; and spend more on public investment and government workers. Only one theory explains the effects of democratic age on the wide range of policy outcomes examined here-the inability of political competitors in younger...
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تفاصيل
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2005/5/01
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ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات
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WPS3594
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1
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2010/7/01
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Disclosed
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Democratization and clientelism: why are young democracies badly governed?
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Rule of Law