Who Needs Strong Leaders?

Gradstein, Mark; Chong, Alberto E.

dc.creator	Gradstein, Mark
dc.creator	Chong, Alberto E.
dc.date	2011-02-07T21:14:17Z
dc.date	2011-02-07T21:14:17Z
dc.date	2008-01-09
dc.date	2008-01-09
dc.date	2013-12-29T10:57:42Z
dc.date.accessioned	2014-09-09T00:04:57Z
dc.date.available	2014-09-09T00:04:57Z
dc.date.issued	2014-09-08
dc.identifier	http://www.iadb.org/en/publications/publication-detail,7101.html?id=6522
dc.identifier.uri	https://saber.ucab.edu.ve/xmlui/handle/123456789/15754
dc.description	This papers model suggests that a strong leader, sometimes with little legislative oversight, may nevertheless benefit from public support. The argument is that this support is induced as an attempt by the poor to counter the subversion of public protection of property rights by the rich, and to achieve this goal they are often willing to pay the price of the leaders diversion of tax revenues for private use. The paper then examines survey data on individual attitudes toward strong leadership and finds their pattern to be consistent with the models predictions; specifically, support for strong leadership is inversely related to individual income and to countrywide income inequality.
dc.format	ACROBAT
dc.language	en
dc.relation	IDB Working Paper Series
dc.subject	Public Utilities
dc.subject	Servicios públicos domiciliarios
dc.subject	WP-628
dc.title	Who Needs Strong Leaders?
dc.type	Working Papers