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Income distribution, political instability, and investment

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Alesina, Alberto, Perotti, Roberto·1996·European Economic Review
DOI 10.1016/0014-2921(95)00030-5
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  • There is a long tradition of studies analyzing the effect of political stability and institutional quality on FDI inflows.

    “There is a long tradition of studies analyzing the effect of political stability and institutional quality on FDI inflows (see, for example, Schneider and Frey 1985; Alesina and Perotti 1996; Wheeler and Mody 2000; Perry 2000; Globerman and Shapiro 2002).”

    From Do bilateral investment treaties increase foreign direct investment to developing countries? (2005) · cites this paper as Alesina and Perotti 1996

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  1. ALESINA, ALBERTO and DANI RODRIK [1993]: Income Distribution and Economic Growth: A Simple Theory and Some Empirical Evidence, in: Cukierman, Alex, Zvi Hercovitz and Leonardo Leiderman: The Political Economy of Business Cycles and Growth, MIT Press, Cambridge;
  2. Quarterly Journal of Economics 106 407-44; BARRO, ROBERT J. and JONG-WAA LEE [1993]: International Comparisons of
  3. KUH, EDWIN and ROY E. WELSCH [1980]: Econometric Models and Their Assessment for Policy: Some New Diagnostics Applied to the Translog Energy Demand in Manufacturing, in S. Gass, ed.,: Proceedings of the Workshop on Validation and Assessment Issues of Energy Models, National Bureau of Economic Standards, Washington, D.C., 445-475;

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Authors
Alesina, A., & Perotti, R.
Affiliations
  • National Bureau of Economic Research (US)
  • Columbia University (US)
ORCID
Perotti, Roberto
Venue
European Economic Review
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1996-06
Volume
40
Issue
6
Pages
1203-1228
ISSN
0014-2921 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/0014-2921(95)00030-5
OpenAlex
W2099256249
Cited by
2,303
References
40
Citations by year
2026: 77 · 2025: 132 · 2024: 149 · 2023: 148 · 2022: 141 · 2021: 158 · 2020: 146 · 2019: 97 · 2018: 115 · 2017: 109 · 2016: 96 · 2015: 81 · 2014: 83 · 2013: 70 · 2012: 70
FWCI
136.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • European Economic Review (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economic Theory and Policy
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Growth and Productivity
Keywords
income inequality, political instability, investment, socio-political instability, political unrest, economic growth, uncertainty, social discontent, cross-country analysis

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