Democracy, Political Competition and Economic Growth

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 1199-1219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Rosaria Alfano ◽  
Anna Laura Baraldi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Competition

Political Competition and Economic Growth: Evidence from Italy

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Rosaria Alfano ◽  
Laura Baraldi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Competition

The Political Determinants of Economic Performance

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo M. Pinto ◽  
Jeffrey F. Timmons
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Political Competition ◽  
Physical Capital ◽  
Regime Type ◽  
The Political ◽  
Productivity Change ◽  
Political Determinants ◽  
Physical Capital Accumulation

The authors present and test a theory about the effects of political competition on the sources of economic growth. Using Mankiw, Romer, and Weil’s model of economic growth and data for roughly 80 countries, the authors show that political competition decreases the rate of physical capital accumulation and labor mobilization but increases the rate of human capital accumulation and (less conclusively) the rate of productivity change. The results suggest that political competition systematically affects the sources of growth, but those effects are cross-cutting, explainingwhy democracy itself may be ambiguous. These findingshelp clarify the debate about regime type and economic performance and suggest new avenues for research.

Political Competition Between Countries and Economic Growth

2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 666-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azam Chaudhry ◽  
Phillip Garner
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Competition

Towards a general theory of socio-economic development. Part 2. Evolution of coordination mechanisms

2018 ◽  
pp. 77-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. M. Polterovich
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Political Competition ◽  
Coordination Mechanisms ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Welfare State

The second part of the article is devoted to the theory of leading socioeconomic development. It is shown how in Western Europe, as a result of the interaction of culture, institutions, technological progress and the level of welfare, specific forms and combinations of the three main mechanisms of coordination — competition, power and cooperation — emerged at each stage of evolution. I emphasize the importance of ideology and the phenomenon of technical progress in the formation of institutions of economic and political competition that contributed to the emergence of the welfare state. These changes and economic growth created the conditions for further transformation of civil culture: increasing levels of trust, tolerance, altruism and cosmopolitanism, expanding the planned horizon. The decrease in the level of coercion built into the mechanisms of power and competition is demonstrated as well as the expansion of the role of collaboration. A hypothesis is advanced that the speed of this process depends on geographical factors. The idea of welfare world is discussed.

Why was democracy lost in Russia's regions? Lessons from Nizhnii Novgorod

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Competition ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Democratic Institution ◽  
Electoral Campaigns ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Crony Capitalism ◽  
The Russian Federation

The phenomenon of crony capitalism has been explored primarily with reference to its impact on economic growth. This study investigates the political implications of crony capitalism and, specifically, the interaction between political competition and crony capitalism. Based on a case study of a political trajectory in one of the regions of the Russian Federation, I argue that under crony capitalism political competition can undermine the legitimacy of state authorities and such democratic institution as the electoral mechanism. Played out in public during the electoral campaigns unrestricted political competition uncovers the predatory nature of crony elites engaged in struggle for power and wealth and increases public perceptions of corruption.

Determinants of Equitable Social Policy in Latin America (1990–2013)

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 763-784
Author(s):  
DAVID ALTMAN ◽  
ROSSANA CASTIGLIONI
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Political Competition ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Left Turn ◽  
The Government ◽  
Latin American Countries

AbstractThe fact that equitable social policy expanded drastically in Latin America during the left turn and during a time of prosperity does not necessarily mean that the ideological color of governing parties and economic growth are the engines behind changes in social policy, as is usually claimed by part of the literature. Using panel data from Latin American countries for 1990–2013, this paper offers an alternative explanation, derived from previous qualitative research, that the level of political competition, the strength of civil society, and wealth are the key factors behind the expansion of equitable social policy. Once these explanations are included in our models, the ideological leaning of governments and economic growth lose statistical significance. Thus, this paper challenges dominant approaches that consider social policy change in Latin America a consequence of the ideological leaning of the government and economic growth.

Political competition and economic growth: A test of two tales

2015 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 96-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leone Leonida ◽  
Dario Maimone Ansaldo Patti ◽  
Annalisa Marini ◽  
Pietro Navarra
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Competition

Political Competition and Economic Growth

2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita ◽  
James D. Morrow ◽  
Randolph M. Siverson ◽  
Alastair Smith
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Competition

PARTY COMPETITION AND IDEOLOGY IN HONG KONG: A NEW MANIFESTO CODING DATASET

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathew Y. H. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Comparative Literature ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Competition ◽  
Local Politics ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
Objective Data ◽  
Ideological Dimension ◽  
Hybrid Regime

AbstractThis study provides a new dataset on the ideological positions of political parties in Hong Kong, which is a hybrid regime with electoral elements. Using this dataset, the study challenges the non-ideological view of party competition in Hong Kong by identifying an ideological dimension to the elections held between 1998 and 2016. It is shown that parties do position themselves along an identifiable left–right spectrum, with shifts that can be meaningfully interpreted, and that the aggregate ideology of the electorate appears to be linked to the level of economic growth. The ideological dimension provides a novel perspective on local politics that looks beyond the dominant pro-democracy versus pro-Beijing divide while also shedding light on the recent changes underlying the latter. This study provides valuable objective data for analyzing political competition dynamics and contributes to the comparative literature by incorporating Hong Kong into the framework of the manifesto coding project.

scholarly journals Nation states vs. united empire: Effects of political competition on economic growth

Public Choice ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 145 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 181-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angus C. Chu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Competition ◽  
Nation States
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