Discussion paper

DP7393 Financial liberalization and democracy: The role of reform reversals

The relationship between economic and political liberalization has received a great deal of attention lately, yet the possibility of a non-linear relationship and the role of reversals remain largely neglected. Focusing on democratization and financial reform, this paper offers evidence for a U-shaped relationship across countries, over time as well as in a panel setting using a wide range of estimators for various reform measures. We link this non-linear relationship to the notion of partial or captured democracy. We provide as well econometric support showing that even when de facto is modelled as a function of de jure financial liberalization, this non-linearity obtains.

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Citation

Coricelli, F and N Campos (2009), ‘DP7393 Financial liberalization and democracy: The role of reform reversals‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 7393. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp7393