Antonio Savoia|Joshy Easaw|Andy McKay
Inequality, Democracy, and Institutions: A Critical Review of Recent Research
University of Salerno|University of Reading|University of Bath|University of Sussex
paper surveys theoretical empirical literature effect economic political inequality institutions current understanding suggests unequal societies develop exploitative inefficient institutions empirical researchwhich scant mainly concentrated crossnational levelsupports extent existence inverse relationship inequality institutions analysis needed future empirical research undertake country state microlevel analysis necessary complement aggregate level studies effect inequality could also take place indirectly influence inequality democratization