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Policy Responsiveness in Post-communist Europe: Public Preferences and Economic Reforms

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  • Roberts, Andrew
  • Kim, Byung-Yeon

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This article assesses the degree of policy responsiveness in the new democracies of post-communist Europe. Panel data on economic reform and public opinion show that public support for reform has a large and significant effect on reform progress. Where public support for reform is high, reform proceeds more quickly. This effect remains strong even when controlling for the endogeneity of public support and other economic and political causes of reform, though it is strongest in more democratic countries. These results suggest that economic reform may be better promoted by persuading the public of the beneficial consequences of reform than by trying to insulate reformers from the public, and that the quality of democracy in the region may be higher than commonly perceived.

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  • Roberts, Andrew & Kim, Byung-Yeon, 2011. "Policy Responsiveness in Post-communist Europe: Public Preferences and Economic Reforms," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 41(4), pages 819-839, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:41:y:2011:i:04:p:819-839_00
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    2. Lucie Coufalová & Lenka Kolajtová & Libor Žídek, 2023. "Public support for economic transition," Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 31(1), pages 161-187, January.
    3. Jørgen Bølstad, 2015. "Dynamics of European integration: Public opinion in the core and periphery," European Union Politics, , vol. 16(1), pages 23-44, March.
    4. Meng, Tianguang & Su, Zheng, 2021. "When top-down meets bottom-up: Local officials and selective responsiveness within fiscal policymaking in China," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).

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