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001 2009655594
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008 090508s2009 dcu sb i000 0 eng
010 $a 2009655594
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aHG3881.5.W57
100 1 $aAmin, Mohammad,$d1970-
245 10 $aDemocracy and reforms$h[electronic resource] /$cMohammad Amin, Simeon Djankov.
260 $a[Washington, D.C. :$bWorld Bank,$c2009]
490 1 $aPolicy research working paper ;$v4835
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 5/8/2009.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"The authors use a sample of 147 countries to investigate the link between democracy and reforms. Democracy may be conducive to reforms, because politicians have the incentive to embrace growth-enhancing reforms to win elections. By contrast, authoritarian regimes do not have to worry as much about public opinion and may undertake reforms that are painful in the short run but bring future prosperity. This paper tests these hypotheses, using data on micro-economic reforms from the World Bank's Doing Business database. These data do not suffer the endogeneity issues associated with other datasets on changes in economic institutions. The results provide robust support for the claim that democracy is good for growth-enhancing reforms. "--World Bank web site.
650 0 $aDemocracy.
650 0 $aEconomic policy.
700 1 $aDjankov, Simeon.
710 2 $aWorld Bank.
830 0 $aPolicy research working papers (Online) ;$v4835.
856 40 $uhttp://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64165259&theSitePK=469372&piPK=64165421&menuPK=64166093&entityID=000158349_20090210105038