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Becker, Sascha O. and Hornung, Erik (2020) The political economy of the Prussian three-class franchise. Journal of Economic History, 80 (4). 1143-1188 . doi:10.1017/S0022050720000443 ISSN 0022-0507.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050720000443
Abstract
How did the Prussian three-class franchise, which politically over-represented the economic elite, affect policies? Contrary to the predominant and simplistic view that the system allowed the landed elites to capture most political rents, we find that members of parliament from constituencies with a higher vote inequality support more liberal policies, gauging their political orientation from the universe of roll call votes cast in parliament during Prussia’s rapid industrialization (1867–1903). Consistent with the characteristics of German liberalism that aligned with economic interests of business, the link between vote inequality and liberal voting is stronger in regions with large-scale industry.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Equality, Economics, Elections, Elite (Social sciences) | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Economic History | ||||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
Place of Publication: | Coventry | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0022-0507 | ||||||||
Official Date: | December 2020 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 80 | ||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||
Page Range: | 1143-1188 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0022050720000443 | ||||||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 7 April 2020 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 7 April 2020 | ||||||||
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