Democratic economic advantages

4 important questions on Democratic economic advantages

What is the hugest democratic advantage on the international credit markets?

Democracies can borrow money at lower interest rates, since investors see the checks and balances on public money as a lower risk than autocracies.

In France's autocratic period, Jacques Necker (18th century) talked about the compte rendu a moi. What did we see there, which illustrates why international creditors are hesitant to lend autocracies money?

  • The king spent more money on his brothers than on healthcare!

What can we learn from interest rates and democratic consolidation in the sovereign bond spread, where the bonds are compared to the bonds of Germany (the gravity point of Europe)?

Consolidated democracies can borrow money for a lower amount of interest rate than new, eastern-European, democracies.
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Democracies get credit advantages even in turbulent times, like a minority government, fractionalized governments, frequent change in government, frequent elections ...

The only exception to the democratic advantage is getting a left-wing government. Why?

International investors see left-wing governments as a risk because of their focus on the redistribution of wealth. Yet, of course, there is still very much a democratic advantage in comparison to autocratic regimes.

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