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Cambridge, Mass: National Bureau of Economic Research, January 2013
Erschienen in:NBER working paper series ; no. w18722
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Englisch
DOI:
10.3386/w18722
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We provide evidence that a history of democracy at the local level is associated with contemporary democracy at the national level. Auxiliary estimates show that a tradition of local democracy is also associated with attitudes that favor democracy, with better quality institutions, and higher level of economic development