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Fernando Limongi
Researcher at University of São Paulo
Publications - 72
Citations - 12873
Fernando Limongi is an academic researcher from University of São Paulo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Democracy & Legislature. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 71 publications receiving 12605 citations. Previous affiliations of Fernando Limongi include Yale University & Fundação Getúlio Vargas.
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Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950–1990
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the relationship between political regimes and economic growth in the United States and discuss the dynamics of political regimes, economic growth, political instability, and population.
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Modernization: Theories and Facts
Adam Przeworski,Fernando Limongi +1 more
TL;DR: This paper found that the level of economic development does not affect the probability of transitions to democracy but that affluence does make democratic regimes more stable, and that the relation between affluence and democratic stability is monotonic.
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Democracy and Development
TL;DR: This article examined the relationship between economic development and political democracy in 135 countries between 1950 and 1990 and found that economic development is not conducive to political democracy, while political instability affects economic growth only in dictatorships.
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Political Regimes and Economic Growth
Adam Przeworski,Fernando Limongi +1 more
TL;DR: The main mechanism by which democracy is thought to hinder growth is pressure for immediate consumption, which reduces investment, and only states that are institutionally insulated from such pressures can resist them, and democratic states are not as mentioned in this paper.