Do Countries Have a “Democratic Advantage”?

By Sebastián Saiegh. 2005

132 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Development, Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations

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In Development

1. G. Biglaiser
2. Michael Tomz
3. Mark L. J. Wright
4. Joseph L. Staats
5. Candace C. Archer
6. Karl Derouen
7. Sebastián Saiegh

In Economics and Econometrics

1. Joseph L. Staats
2. G. Biglaiser
3. Mark L. J. Wright
4. Michael Tomz
5. Candace C. Archer
6. Karl Derouen
7. Emily Beaulieu
8. G. Cox

In Political Science and International Relations

1. G. Biglaiser
2. Joseph L. Staats
3. Mark L. J. Wright
4. Michael Tomz
5. Karl Derouen
6. Emily Beaulieu
7. G. Cox
8. Sebastián Saiegh

Citations in the corpus

• Finding the “Democratic Advantage” in Sovereign Bond Ratings: The Importance of Strong Courts, Property Rights Protection, and the Rule of Law (2012, background): “…Li 2006 and 2009; Li and Resnick 2003; North and Weingast 1989; Schultz and Weingast 1996, 1998, and 2003; and Staats and Biglaiser 2011 and 2012+ 2+ Saiegh 2005+ International Organization 66, Summer 2012, pp+ 515–35 © 2012 by The IO Foundation+ doi:10+10170S0020818312000185 eigns of…”
• Empirical Research on Sovereign Debt and Default (2013, background): “In a large-scale statistical test, though, Saiegh (2005) found that democracies were more likely to reschedule their external debts and paid interest rates at least as high as autocracies.”
• Sovereign Bonds and the “Democratic Advantage”: Does Regime Type Affect Credit Rating Agency Ratings in the Developing World? (2007, background): “…and Block 2005 and 2006+ 4+ Sinclair 2005+ 5+ North and Weingast 1989+ 6+ Schultz and Weingast 1996+ 7+ See Schultz and Weingast 1998 and 2003+ 8+ Tomz 2002+ 9+ Saiegh 2005+ 10+ For an excellent study that investigates how reputations form in international capital markets and affect the…”
• Sovereign Debt and Regime Type: Reconsidering the Democratic Advantage (2012, background): “…Schultz and Weingast 2003; and Cox 2011+ 10+ Some negative findings exploit contemporary data—see, for example, Archer, Biglaiser, and DeRouen 2007; and Saiegh 2005—while others use historical data—for example, Mauro, Sussman, and Yafeh 2006+ An important issue with which neither proponents of…”