The transmission of democracy: from the village to the nation-state

The American Economic Review Vol/Iss. 103(3) American Economic Association Published In Pages: 86-92
By Giuliano, Paola, Nunn, Nathan

Hypothesis

Traditions of local democracy will be positively associated with more democratic national institutions (86).

Note

Local democracy measured by frequency of succession by formal or informal consensus. The researchers controlled for proportion of population with European ancestry, proportion of cultivable ancestral land, and average year of observation and data collection.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Linear regressionSupportedp < 0.05UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Local DemocracyIndependentCommunity Heads
National DemocracyDependentForm And Rules Of Government