Credible Commitment in Early Modern Europe: North and Weingast Revisited

By D. Stasavage. 2002

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

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Finding the “Democratic Advantage” in Sovereign Bond Ratings: The Importance of Strong Courts, Property Rights Protection, and the Rule of Law (2012, background): “…and Biglaiser and DeRouen 2007+ 60+ See North and Weingast 1989; and Schultz and Weingast 1996, 1998, and 2003+ 61+ See Saiegh 2005; and Tomz 2002 and 2007+ See also Stasavage 2002, who notes the importance not necessarily of veto players but of cross-issue coalitions that help promote debt…”
Sovereign Bonds and the “Democratic Advantage”: Does Regime Type Affect Credit Rating Agency Ratings in the Developing World? (2007, background): “…December 2005; with Moody’s Investor Services on 30 November 2005 and 14 December 2005; and with Standard and Poor’s on 12 December 2005+ 80+ Tomz 2002+ 81+ Stasavage 2002+ making may prove fruitful+82 In addition, Tomz’s work on reputational issues could provide interesting insights into CRA…”
The History and Economics of Safe Assets (2016, unknown): “Stasavage (2002) argues that the credibility of British government debt depended importantly on the distribution of the debt to elite social groups because they constituted an important partisan force (see also Stasavage 2016; for examples from France, see Velde & Weir 1992; for examples from…”
States and economic growth: Capacity and constraints☆ (2017, background): “…elites and the formation of political parties in producing a political equilibrium during the period 1690-1720 which limited the power of the crown while granting the state previously undreamt of powers to raise taxes, spend, and borrow (Carruthers, 1996; Stasavage, 2002, 2003; Cox, 2016).”
Institutions and Economic Growth in Historical Perspective (2014, background): “Political events rather than institutional changes most strongly influenced investors’willingness to commit capital to the British state (Stasavage, 2002).”
Democracy, Autocracy, and Expropriation of Foreign Direct Investment (2009, background): “Fourth, in the literature on how politics influence investment behaviors, some scholars (e.g., Frye, 2004; Henisz, 2000b; Stasavage, 2002b) suggest that greater political constraints generally encourage private investment.”