Bi-communalism and the economic origins of democracy: a case study
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Keywords
fractionalization; political economy; prisoner’s dilemma; bi-communalism; institutions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
- O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean
- O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries
- P0 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2013-06-09 (Africa)
- NEP-CDM-2013-06-09 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2013-06-09 (Positive Political Economics)
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