Journal article
The Transforming Power of Democracy: Regime Type and the Distribution of Electricity
The American political science review, v 103(2)
01 May 2009
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Abstract
Theory on democracy and its consequences turns on how democracy influences behavior an-long politicians and the citizenry. Ultimately, the literature seeks to determine who benefits tinder, democratic rules. This is our concern, posed in a context that allows its to address a classic question: does democracy favor large but diffuse segments of society over small bill concentrated interests? We employ sectoral electricity consumption data for a panel of 733 country-years to examine democracy's impact on the distribution of electricity across three sectors that represent distinct political interests: industry, agriculture, and residential consumers. We find that in poorer countries democratization produces significant increases in the residential share of electricity relative to industry, suggesting sectors with less per capita financial clout, but a stronger voice in elections benefit tinder democracy Unlike the large literatures on democracy's impact on the amounts of publicly provided goods, our results are among the first on the distribution of those goods.
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- Title
- The Transforming Power of Democracy: Regime Type and the Distribution of Electricity
- Creators
- David S. Brown - Drexel University, College of Arts and SciencesAhmed Mushfiq Mobarak - Yale University
- Publication Details
- The American political science review, v 103(2)
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 21
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000267529000003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-67651083512
- Other Identifier
- 991019202314904721
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