Elections and Economic Policy in Developing Countries.

This paper investigates whether elections in developing countries have improved economic policies and economic governance. Both casual empiricism and casual theorizing suggest that they have done so. As contested elections have become more common since the 1990s, the policy ratings from the World Ba...

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Main Authors: Chauvet, L, Collier, P
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Centre for the Study of African Economies 2008
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