Remittances and democratization
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- dc.contributor.author Escribà-Folch, Abel
- dc.contributor.author Meseguer Yebra, Covadonga
- dc.contributor.author Wright, Joseph (Joseph George), 1976-
- dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-16T08:47:42Z
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- dc.date.issued 2015
- dc.description.abstract Do remittances stabilize autocracies? Remittances—money sent by foreign workers to individuals in their home country—differ from other sources of external non-tax revenue, such as foreign aid, because they accrue directly to individuals and thus raise the incomes of households. We argue that remittances increase the likelihood of democratic transition by undermining electoral support for autocratic incumbents in party-based regimes. Remittances therefore make voters less dependent on state transfers. As a result, autocracies that rely heavily on the broad-based distribution of spoils for their survival, namely party-based regimes, should prove especially vulnerable to increases in remittances. Evidence consistent with this argument suggests that remittances promote democratization in some dictatorships.en
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- dc.identifier.citation Escribà-Folch A, Meseguer C, Wright J. Remittances and democratization. Int Stud Q. 2015 Sep 2;59(3):571-86. DOI: 10.1111/isqu.12180
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/isqu.12180
- dc.identifier.issn 0020-8833
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/47906
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Oxford University Press
- dc.relation.ispartof International Studies Quarterly. 2015 Sep 2;59(3):571-86
- dc.rights © Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Int Stud Q following peer review. The version of record Escribà-Folch A, Meseguer C, Wright J. Remittances and democratization. Int Stud Q. 2015 Sep 2;59(3):571-8 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/isqu.12180
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- dc.title Remittances and democratizationen
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