Polarization, Politics, and Property Rights : Links between Inequality and Growth

Polarization, Politics, and Property Rights : Links between Inequality and Growth

Most efforts to trace the effects of income inequality on growth have focused on redistribution. However, empirical investigation has not substantiated either the positive association of income inequality with redistribution or the negative associa...

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Main Authors:	Keefer, Philip, Knack, Stephen
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE VALUE AGRICULTURE ASSET INEQUALITY BANKRUPTCY BUREAUCRACY BUREAUCRATIC DELAYS BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY BUREAUCRATIC STRUCTURE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CIVIL LIBERTIES COMPETITION POLICY CORRUPTION COUNTRY COVERAGE COUNTRY INVESTIGATIONS CRISES DECISION MAKING DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVALUATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPIRICAL SUPPORT ENFORCEABILITY EQUILIBRIUM ETHNIC HETEROGENEITY ETHNIC HOMOGENEITY ETHNIC TENSION EXOGENOUS SHOCKS EXPENDITURES GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT DECISION MAKING IMPACT OF INEQUALITY INCOME INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME INEQUALITY DATA INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INCREASE GROWTH INCREASING INCOME INEQUALITY INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INEQUALITY DATA INEQUALITY OBSERVATIONS INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS LABOR FORCE LAND INEQUALITY LEGISLATION LINEAR RELATIONSHIP MEASURED INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT ERROR MEDIAN VOTER MEDIAN VOTER THEOREM MIDDLE CLASS NATIONAL DEFENSE NEGATIVE EFFECT NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP 0 HYPOTHESIS OIL PER CAPITA INCOME POLARIZATION MEASURES POLARIZED SOCIETIES POLICY CHANGE POLICY CHANGES POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY ISSUES POLICY MAKERS POLICY MAKING POLICY OUTCOMES POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT POLITICAL FREEDOMS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SCIENCE LITERATURE PRIVATE PROPERTY PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION PROCESSES PROPERTY RIGHTS QUALITY REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES RULE OF LAW SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS TAX RATES TAX REVENUES TRADEOFFS UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION VOTERS WAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/693337/polarization-politics-property-rights-links-between-inequality-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19802

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