1 Subjects: “...Democracy...”

2 Subjects: “...Democracy...”

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4 “..."This paper identifies systematic performance differences between younger and older democracies...”

5 “... development. This evidence suggests that in future research on democracy, state-building and development...”

6 “...: East Asian non-democracies exhibit more institutionalized ruling parties than other non-democracies...”

7 “..., such as younger democracies, autocracies with less institutionalized ruling parties and countries with corrupt...”

8 “... also shown larger political budget cycles in younger democracies. Evidence presented here indicates...”