American Economic Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
The Transmission of Democracy: From the Village to the Nation-State
American Economic Review
vol. 103,
no. 3, May 2013
(pp. 86–92)
Abstract
We provide evidence that a tradition of village democracy is associated with the presence of national democracy today. We also show that a tradition of local democracy is associated with attitudes which are more supportive of democracy, with better quality institutions and with higher levels of economic development. Our findings indicate persistence in democratic institutions over time, and suggest the importance of traditional local institutions for well-functioning national-level institutions.Citation
Giuliano, Paola, and Nathan Nunn. 2013. "The Transmission of Democracy: From the Village to the Nation-State." American Economic Review, 103 (3): 86–92. DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.3.86Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D02 Institutions: Design, Formation, and Operations
- D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- J11 Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
- O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- O43 Institutions and Growth
- Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Social and Economic Stratification