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“There are no famines in democracies,” Nobel-Prize winning economist Amartya Sen famously argued. It is less well known that he also stressed the role of a free press. In his view, politicians have to take the well-being of the citizens more into account if they run the risk of being voted out or if their actions are monitored by free media.
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Besley, T., & Burgess, R. (2002). The political economy of government responsiveness: Theory and evidence from India. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117(4), 1415–1451.
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Benz, M. (2019). Matthias Benz Recommends “The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India” by Tim Besley and Robin Burgess. In: Frey, B., Schaltegger, C. (eds) 21st Century Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17740-9_2
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