Politics in Transition Economies; Consequences of a Clan Culture

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Publication date 2000
Journal Journal for Institutional Innovation, Development and Transition
Volume | Issue number 4
Pages (from-to) 5-14
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
Abstract We study the politico-economic interaction in a country in transition from a communist regime to a democratic, free market system, to wit, Albania. It is argued that the politico-economic system there is characterized by the existence of clans. Both the communists and the first democratically chosen government applied policies that favored specific clans. Moreover, a popularity function estimation shows that voters related to different clans react in a distinct way to party policies.
Document type Article
Note [C]
Published at http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/licos/publications/dp/dp92.pdf
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