TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Giuliano, Paola
AU  - Nunn, Nathan
        TI  - The Transmission of Democracy: From the Village to the Nation-State
        PY  - 2013/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7156
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp7156
        AB  - We provide evidence that a history of democracy at the local level is associated with contemporary democracy at the national level. Auxiliary estimates show that a tradition of local democracy is also associated with attitudes that favor democracy, with better quality institutions, and higher level of economic development.
        KW  - democracy
KW  - local institutions
KW  - historical persistence
        ER  -