$Social fractionalization, political instability, and the size of government /$

Social fractionalization, political instability, and the size of government /

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Author / Creator:	Annett, Anthony, author.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Department, 2000. ©2000
Description:	1 online resource (30 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	IMF working paper ; WP/00/82 IMF working paper ; WP/00/82.
Subject:	Political stability -- Economic aspects -- Econometric models. Expenditures, Public -- Econometric models. Ethnic relations -- Economic aspects -- Econometric models. Expenditures, Public -- Econometric models.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12497452

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Other authors / contributors:	International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Department, issuing body.
ISBN:	145189662X 9781451896626 128160190X 9781281601902 1462349978 9781462349975 1452758328 9781452758329 9786613782595 6613782599
ISSN:	2227-8885
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-30). Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	When countries are heavily divided along ethnic, religious, communal, and regional lines, they are likely to experience bouts of political violence and are prone to the frequent breakdown of law and order. Clearly, serious conflict between competing groups, especially violent conflict, would be harmful to economic growth and the process of development. In such a divided country, can the government use expenditure to appease the competing groups and will this contain the potential conflict?
Other form:	Print version: Annett, Anthony. Social fractionalization, political instability, and the size of government. [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Dept., ©2000
Standard no.:	10.5089/9781451896626.001

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Summary:	This paper explores the relationship between the degree of division or fractionalization of a country's population (along ethnolinguistic and religious dimensions) and both political instability and government consumption, using a neoclassical growth model. The principal idea is that greater fractionalization, proxying for the degree of conflict in society, leads to political instability, which in turn leads to higher government consumption aimed at placating the opposition. There is also a feedback mechanism whereby the higher consumption leads to less instability as government consumption reduces the risk of losing office. Empirical evidence based on panel estimation supports this hypothesis.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (30 pages).
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-30).
ISBN:	145189662X 9781451896626 128160190X 9781281601902 1462349978 9781462349975 1452758328 9781452758329 9786613782595 6613782599
ISSN:	2227-8885