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Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950–1990
- A. Przeworski, M. Álvarez, J. Cheibub, F. Limongi
- Political Science
- 28 August 2000
Introduction 1. Democracies and dictatorships 2. Dynamic of political regimes 3. Political regimes and economic growth 4. Political instability and economic growth 5. Political regimes and population… Expand
Classifying political regimes
- M. Alvarez, J. Cheibub, F. Limongi, A. Przeworski
- Political Science
- 1996
This study presents a classification of political regimes as democracies and dictatorships for a set of 141 countries between 1950 or the year of independence and 1990. It improves existing… Expand
Democracy and the Market: Political and Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe and
- A. Przeworski
- Political Science
- 2016
Modernization: Theories and Facts
- A. Przeworski, Adam Fernando Papaterra Limongi Neto
- Economics
- 1997
What makes political regimes rise, endure, and fall? The main question is whether the observed close relation between levels of economic development and the incidence of democratic regimes is due to… Expand
Political Regimes and Economic Growth
- A. Przeworski, F. Limongi
- Economics
- 1 August 1993
Arguments that relate regimes to growth focus on property rights, pressures for immediate consumption, and the autonomy of dictators. While everyone seems to agree that secure property rights foster… Expand
The effect of IMF programs on economic growth
- A. Przeworski, J. Vreeland
- Economics
- 1 August 2000
Using a bivariate, dynamic version of the Heckman selection model, we estimate the effect of participation in International Monetary Fund (IMF) programs on economic growth. We find evidence that… Expand
Authoritarian Institutions and the Survival of Autocrats
- J. Gandhi, A. Przeworski
- Economics
- 17 September 2007
Why do some autocrats survive for decades, and others fall soon after taking power? The authors argue that when authoritarian rulers need to solicit the cooperation of outsiders or deter the threat… Expand
Decentralization and the Quality of Government
- Daniel Treisman, Sanchita Bannerjee, +13 authors Adam P. Brinegar
- Business
- 20 November 2000
How does political decentralization affect the quality of government? Greater decentralization might make governments more honest and efficient by bringing officials “closer to the people” and… Expand
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Cooperation, Cooptation, and Rebellion Under Dictatorships
- J. Gandhi, A. Przeworski
- Economics
- 1 March 2006
Dictatorships are not all the same: some are purely autocratic but many exhibit a full panoply of seemingly democratic institutions. To explain these differences, we develop a model in which… Expand