Democratic Tipping Points
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- dc.contributor.author Ciccone, Antonio
- dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa
- dc.date.accessioned 2020-05-25T09:27:07Z
- dc.date.available 2020-05-25T09:27:07Z
- dc.date.issued 2018-03-01
- dc.date.modified 2020-05-25T09:25:33Z
- dc.description.abstract I examine whether transitory events can tip the scales against authoritarian regimes and lead to persistent democratization. I think of situations where this is a possibility as democratic tipping points. The transitory events I focus on are rainfall shocks in the most agricultural countries in the world. I show that while these shocks only affect agricultural output contemporaneously, they have persistent effects on political institutions. Authoritarian regimes experiencing negative rainfall shocks are more likely to be democratic three, five, and ten years later.
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- dc.identifier https://econ-papers.upf.edu/ca/paper.php?id=1602
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- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/44782
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.relation.ispartofseries Economics and Business Working Papers Series; 1602
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- dc.subject.keyword transitory events
- dc.subject.keyword persistent democratization
- dc.subject.keyword Macroeconomics and International Economics
- dc.title Democratic Tipping Points
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