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1、JournalofDevelopmentEconomics87(2008)300–308www.elsevier.com/locate/econbaseThegrowth–inequalityassociation:GovernmentideologymattersChristianBjørnskovDepartmentofEconomics,AarhusSchoolofBusiness,UniversityofAarhus,Prismet,Silkeborgvej2,DK-8000AarhusC,DenmarkR
2、eceived29August2006;receivedinrevisedform19April2007;accepted29April2007AbstractThisnotesuggeststhattheassociationbetweenincomeinequalityandeconomicgrowthratesmightarguablydependonthepoliticalideologyofincumbentgovernments.Estimatesindicatethatunderleftwinggov
3、ernments,inequalityisnegativelyassociatedwithgrowthwhiletheassociationispositiveunderrightwinggovernments.Thismayprovideaqualificationtorecentstudiesofinequality.©2007ElsevierB.V.Allrightsreserved.JELClassification:D31;O40Keywords:Incomeinequality;Ideology;Gro
4、wth1.Introductionconflictingfindings:dependingonthespecificresearchdesignandsample,inequalityiseitherbadforgrowth,Economicgrowththeoryhassuggestedanumberofgoodforgrowth,orperhapsirrelevant.Tounderstandobjectivechannelsleadingfrominequalitytoeconomictheseseemin
5、glyincompatiblefindings,itmaybeworthgrowthandperformance:incentivestructuresmaysuffernotingthatdifferencesinpoliticalideologycontinuetofromcombatinginequality(Kaldor,1956;North,1991;bereflectedinindividuals'beliefsabout,forexample,Olson,1996),humancapitalaccum
6、ulationcanbeincomeinequalityandtheresultingpoliticalandeco-hindered(Perotti,1993;Barro,2000),inequalitymaynomicoutcomes(Scottetal.,2001;Michelbachetal.,causepoliticalinstabilityanddistortionsfromincreased2003;Bjørnskov,2005).However,thepotentialeffectsgovernme
7、ntactivity(PerssonandTabellini,1992,1994;ofgovernments'politicalideologiesontherelationPerotti,1996),andthequalityofthelegalsystemcanbebetweeninequalityandgrowthremainunchartedland.underminedbysocialpolarization(KeeferandKnack,Thequestionexploredinthisnoteisto
8、whatextent12002).Whilethetheoreticalliteratureisrichingovernments'politicalideologyaffectstheinequality–transmissionmechanismstobeexploredinempiricalgrowthassociation.Thestandardth
