Legislative Malapportionment and Institutional Persistence

Legislative Malapportionment and Institutional Persistence

This paper argues that legislative malapportionment, denoting a discrepancy between the share of legislative seats and the share of population held by electoral districts, serves as a tool for pre-democratic elites to preserve their political power...

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Main Authors: Bruhn, Miriam, Gallego, Francisco, Onorato, Massimiliano
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ALLOCATION
BARGAINING
BARGAINING POWER
BICAMERAL SYSTEM
BOND
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY
COUNTRY FIXED EFFECT
COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS
COUNTRY RISK
COUNTRY TO COUNTRY
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC REGIMES
DEMOCRATIC STATE
DEMOGRAPHIC
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
DICTATORSHIP
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POWER
ECONOMICS
ELECTION
ELECTIONS
ELECTORAL SYSTEM
ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
GDP
GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS
LEGISLATION
LEGISLATORS
LEGITIMACY
LOBBYING
LOWER HOUSE
LOWER HOUSES
MACROECONOMICS
MOTIVATION
OUTPUT
PARLIAMENT
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
PATRONAGE
PEACE
PLEBISCITE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL GROUPS
POLITICAL INFLUENCE
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL PARTY
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL REGIME
POLITICAL REPRESENTATION
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SUPPORT
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC POLICIES
RENTS
REPRESENTATIVES
REPUBLIC
RIGHT TO VOTE
VOTING
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORLD ECONOMIES
WORLD ECONOMY
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101102132755
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3948

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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101102132755
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3948

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