Populist policies in the transition to democracy

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Borradores de Economía; No. 349

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2005-09-14

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2005-09-14

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Mejía, Daniel
Posada, Carlos Esteban

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This paper develops a political economy model that provides an explanation as for why ruling elites in oligarchic societies may rely on income redistribution to the poor (the masses) in order to prevent them from attempting a revolution. We refer to this

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D73 - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption

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Populism , Oligarchy , Democracy , Conflict , Inequality

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https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/5367
 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12134/5367
 https://ideas.repec.org/p/bdr/borrec/349.html
 https://doi.org/10.32468/be.349

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