The wise, the politician, and the strongman: Types of national leaders and quality of governance
| Autor: | Julieta Peveri |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques (AMSE), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-17-EURE-0020,AMSE (EUR),Aix-Marseille School of Economics(2017), ANR-11-IDEX-0001,Amidex,INITIATIVE D'EXCELLENCE AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITE(2011) |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Economics and Econometrics
JEL: H - Public Economics/H.H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies/H.H5.H50 - General Leader characteristics JEL: H - Public Economics/H.H7 - State and Local Government • Intergovernmental Relations/H.H7.H70 - General JEL: J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J4 - Particular Labor Markets/J.J4.J45 - Public Sector Labor Markets JEL: N - Economic History/N.N1 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics • Industrial Structure • Growth • Fluctuations/N.N1.N10 - General International or Comparative Governance quality [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance Politician Military rulers JEL: P - Economic Systems/P.P5 - Comparative Economic Systems/P.P5.P50 - General [SHS.SCIPO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Political science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Comparative Economics Journal of Comparative Economics, 2022, 50 (4), pp.849-895. ⟨10.1016/j.jce.2022.06.001⟩ The wise, the politician, and the strongman |
| ISSN: | 0147-5967 1095-7227 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jce.2022.06.001 |
| Popis: | International audience; This paper assesses how national leaders' quality of governance varies with their career and education. Using a sample of 1,000 rulers between 1931 and 2010, I identify three types of leaders: military leaders, academics, and politicians. Military leaders are associated with an overall negative performance, while politicians who have held important offices before taking power tend to perform well. Academics have on average non-significant effects. These results are partially driven by differences in policy decisions and in leadership styles. Military leaders spend less in health and education, are more likely to establish a personalistic regime, to disrespect the constitution, and to move towards a nonelectoral regime, while the reverse holds for politicians. Additionally, this paper highlights the weakness of using educational attainment as a proxy for politicians' quality, and of growth as a measure of national leaders' performance. |
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