When Can the Rabble Redistribute? Democratization and Income Distribution in Low- and Middle-income Countries
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Keywords
Income distribution; redistribution; democratisation; median voter hypothesis;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- F59 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - Other
- H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2006-07-02 (Development)
- NEP-POL-2006-07-02 (Positive Political Economics)
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