% WARNING: This file may contain UTF-8 (unicode) characters. % While non-8-bit characters are officially unsupported in BibTeX, you % can use them with the biber backend of biblatex % usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex} @techreport{NBERw11171, title = "Forms of Democracy, Policy and Economic Development", author = "Torsten Persson", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "11171", year = "2005", month = "March", doi = {10.3386/w11171}, URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w11171", abstract = {The paper combines insights from the recent research programs on constitutions and economic policy, and on history, institutions and growth. Drawing on cross-sectional as well as panel data, it presents new empirical results showing that the form of democracy (rather than democracy vs. non-democracy) has important consequences for the adoption of structural polices that promote long-run economic performance. Reforms into parliamentary (as opposed to presidential), proportional (as opposed to majoritarian) and permanent (as opposed to temporary) democracy appear to produce the most growth-promoting policies.}, }