Democracy and Reforms : Evidence from a New Dataset /

Empirical evidence on the relationship between democracy and economic reforms is limited to few reforms, countries, and years. This paper studies the impact of democracy on the adoption of economic reforms using a new dataset on reforms in the financial, capital and banking sectors, product markets,...

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Main Author: Spilimbergo, Antonio
Other Authors: Giuliano, Paola, Mishra, Prachi
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/173
Online Access:Full text available on IMF