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dc.titleWho Needs Strong Leaders?
dc.contributor.authorGradstein, Mark
dc.contributor.authorChong, Alberto E.
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.date.available2011-02-07T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2008-01-09T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis 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.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010883
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Who-Needs-Strong-Leaders.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectPublic Utility
dc.subject.keywordsWP-628
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
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