To Democratize or not to Democratize? The Sufficient Condition for Democratization
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Keywords
Democratization; Political Elite; Self-enforcing Democracy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
- P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MIC-2023-02-13 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-POL-2023-02-13 (Positive Political Economics)
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