The Political Economy of Elections in Latin America, 1980–1991
The process of political democratization in Latin America during the 1980s created a rare opportunity to explore the political economy of elections outside of the North Atlantic basin. Using interrupted time-series analysis, I explore the impact of elections on macroeconomic performance in eight Lat...
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crcambridgeupr:10.2307/2939049 2024-04-07T07:54:25+00:00 The Political Economy of Elections in Latin America, 1980–1991 Remmer, Karen L. 1993 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2939049 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0003055400100012 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms American Political Science Review volume 87, issue 2, page 393-407 ISSN 0003-0554 1537-5943 Political Science and International Relations Sociology and Political Science journal-article 1993 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.2307/2939049 2024-03-08T00:34:58Z The process of political democratization in Latin America during the 1980s created a rare opportunity to explore the political economy of elections outside of the North Atlantic basin. Using interrupted time-series analysis, I explore the impact of elections on macroeconomic performance in eight Latin American nations. The findings indicate that macroeconomic performance has fluctuated with the electoral calendar but that contrary to the traditional business cycle literature, as well as the conventional wisdom about Latin America, competitive elections have enhanced, rather than undermined, the capacity of political leaders to address outstanding problems of macroeconomic management. The analysis suggests that the relationship between democracy and economics is captured more adequately by a “political capital” model than by its traditional theoretical alternative. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Cambridge University Press American Political Science Review 87 2 393 407 |
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The process of political democratization in Latin America during the 1980s created a rare opportunity to explore the political economy of elections outside of the North Atlantic basin. Using interrupted time-series analysis, I explore the impact of elections on macroeconomic performance in eight Latin American nations. The findings indicate that macroeconomic performance has fluctuated with the electoral calendar but that contrary to the traditional business cycle literature, as well as the conventional wisdom about Latin America, competitive elections have enhanced, rather than undermined, the capacity of political leaders to address outstanding problems of macroeconomic management. The analysis suggests that the relationship between democracy and economics is captured more adequately by a “political capital” model than by its traditional theoretical alternative. |
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The Political Economy of Elections in Latin America, 1980–1991 |
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