Oligarchy, democracy, inequality and growth

By François Bourguignon, Thierry Verdier. 2000

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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Democracy as an equilibrium (2005, background): “Finally, there is a recent strand of writings which treat political institutions as endogenous in continuous terms, namely, as the location of the decisive voter in the distribution of income (Benabou, 1996, 2000; Bourgignon and Verdier, 2000; Saint Paul and Verdier, 1996).”
Economic and Social Factors Driving the Third Wave of Democratization (2008, positive): “This is in line with Lipset’s (1959, 1960) emphasis on the human capital channel and the recent models of Bourguignon and Verdier (2000) and Glaeser et al. (2007) that stress the importance of education in political development.”
Do all countries follow the same growth process? (2009, background): “There are relatively few applications of finite mixture models in economics; see Boxall and Adamowicz (2002) and Greene and Hensher (2003).”
Spatial-Horizontal Inequality and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal (2005, background): “These elites use their power, identical with the forces of the state, to coerce and extract rents (Bourguignon and Verdier, 2000).”
Democratisation and Growth (2008, background): “This occurs when taxation revenues are used to subsidise education (Saint-Paul and Verdier, 1993; Bourguignon and Verdier, 2000) or mitigate capital market imperfections (Galor and Zeira, 1993).”
Contesting resources – rent seeking, conflict and the natural resource curse (2006, background): “due to envy, social tension and the ensuing division of power – see also Engerman and Sokoloff [2000], Bourguignon and Verdier [2000]).”
Land Reforms, Poverty Reduction, and Economic Growth: Evidence from India (2008, neutral): “…and Zeira 1993, Aghion and Bolton 1997); wealth-induced limitations on households’ ability to articulate their concerns in the political arena (Bourguignon and Verdier 2000); high inequality reducing local communities’ willingness and ability to provide public goods that benefit all…”
On the Distribution of Education and Democracy (2008, background): “ Bourguignon and Verdier, 2000 ), we look at the countries that were dictatorships at the beginning of the period.”
The effect of social, cultural, and economic factors on entrepreneurship (2015, background): “A low-interest monetary policy and low tax rates may produce desirable outcomes such as an increase in economic activity and greater economic stability (Bourguignon & Verdier, 2000; Galor & Zeira, 1993).”
Natural Resources: Curse or Blessing? (2011, background): “Mineral wealth may prevent redistribution of political power towards the middle classes and thus prevent adoption of growth-promoting policies (Bourguignon and Verdier, 2000).”
Understanding Long-Run African Growth: Colonial Institutions or Colonial Education? (2008, background): “Educated people are purportedly more aware of government actions, more actively participating in society, and better able to organise themselves politically and to resolve their conflicts ‘through negotiation and voting rather than through violent disputes’ (Glaeser et al., 2004: 272; also, Lipset, ”
Inequality, Democracy, and Institutions: A Critical Review of Recent Research (2010, neutral): “In Bourguignon and Verdier (2000), the incentive to democratize relies on a more educated labor force, which will increase the rate of growth of the economy.”