@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp2984, author={Sunde, Uwe and Cervellati, Matteo and Fortunato, Piergiuseppe}, title={Are All Democracies Equally Good? The Role of Interactions between Political Environment and Inequality for Rule of Law}, year={2007}, month={Aug}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={2984}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2984}, abstract={Using cross-country data, we find evidence for a significant negative interaction effect between democracy and inequality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with institutions of higher quality when inequality is lower.}, keywords={democracy;inequality;interactions;rule of law;institutions}, }