Replication Data for: Democracy, Inequality, and Antitrust

This paper investigates the relationship between democracy and antitrust policy. Strong antitrust policies advance the economic and political interests of most citizens, making their adoption more likely in institutional settings that weigh the interests of consumers. We examine the empirical relationship between democracy, inequality, and antitrust policies in a broad panel of countries from 1951 to 2010. Using a variety of empirical strategies, we find that democracy is predictive of stricter antitrust policies in countries with low but not high levels of inequality. This result accords with the idea that economic inequality can undermine the political forces that tend toward stronger antitrust policy in democracies. We then investigate a supposed exception to this pattern: the United States in the late 19th century. Through a mixed-methods analysis, we present evidence that democracy and inequality shaped the politics of antitrust in this era in a way that resonates with our cross-country analysis.

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背景概述

该数据集是论文'Democracy, Inequality, and Antitrust'的复现数据，涵盖1951年至2010年多个国家的面板数据，用于研究民主、不平等与反垄断政策之间的关系。研究发现，民主制度在不平等程度较低的国家中更能预测严格的反垄断政策，而高不平等会削弱这一效应。