This article reviews the recent literature on the political economy of growth, focusing on the
research that has developed at the intersection of the endogenous growth literature and the …

The recent boom in cross‐country growth analysis has renewed the empirical interest in
political sources of economic growth. A large number of studies have tested political …

As atuais ameaças à democracia não são apenas políticas: estão profundamente
enraizadas nas condições econômicas, sociais e culturais de hoje. Maior referência no …

" Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest
barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being …

The central question in taxation and development is:“how does a government go from
raising around 10% of GDP in taxes to raising around 40%?” This paper looks at the …

This paper successfully tests on a sample of 71 countries for the period 1960–85 the
following hypotheses. Income inequality, by fuelling social discontent, increases …

This paper investigates the relationship between political instability and per capita GDP
growth in a sample of 113 countries for the period 1950 through 1982. We define political …

When a stabilization has significant distributional implications (as in the case of tax
increases to eliminate a large budget deficit) different socio-economic groups will attempt to …

THE DEGREE OF CENTRAL BANK INDEPENDENCE varies considerably across countries.
Several authors including Bade and Parkin (1982), Alesina (1988, 1989), and Grilli …

The new edition of a comprehensive treatment of monetary economics, including the first
extensive coverage of the effective lower bound on nominal interest rates. This textbook …