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100 1 _aGorodnichenko, Yuriy.
_927289
245 1 0 _aCulture, Institutions and Democratization /
_cYuriy Gorodnichenko, Gerard Roland.
260 _aCambridge, Mass.
_bNational Bureau of Economic Research
_c2015.
300 _a1 online resource:
_billustrations (black and white);
490 1 _aNBER working paper series
_vno. w21117
500 _aApril 2015.
520 3 _aWe construct a model of revolution and transition to democracy under individualistic and collectivist cultures. The main result is that, despite facing potentially larger collective action problems, countries with an individualistic culture are more likely to end up adopting democracy earlier than countries with a collectivist culture. Our empirical analysis suggests a strong and robust association between individualistic culture and average polity scores and length of democracy, even after controlling for other determinants of democracy emphasized in the literature. We provide evidence that countries with collectivist culture are also more likely to experience autocratic breakdowns and transitions from autocracy to autocracy.
530 _aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538 _aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588 0 _aPrint version record
690 7 _aH1 - Structure and Scope of Government
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690 7 _aP48 - Political Economy • Legal Institutions • Property Rights • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Regional Studies
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690 7 _aZ1 - Cultural Economics • Economic Sociology • Economic Anthropology
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
700 1 _aRoland, Gerard.
710 2 _aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 _aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)
_vno. w21117.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w21117
856 _yAcceso en lĂ­nea al DOI
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w21117
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_cW-PAPER
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