The effect of academic freedom on electoral democracy in the Asian region

IF 2.6 3区管理学 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Public Administration and Development Pub Date : 2024-03-23 DOI:10.1002/pad.2044

Ajantha Sisira Kumara, Ramanie Samaratunge

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Abstract

This paper examines how academic freedom influences electoral democracy in 44 Asian nations drawing on country‐wide panel data (2000–2019) obtained from the Varieties of Democracy (V‐Dem)‐2022. For its analytical framework, this study employs dynamic panel regression models. The Asian region, which represents the world's largest and most economically dynamic democracies, is an interesting research site to investigate this nexus due to the region's long‐term struggle to achieve its democratic aspirations. The study finds that the current‐level of electoral democracy in Asian countries is significantly associated with their antecedent level of academic freedom. Moreover, the results reveal that it takes approximately 7 years for academic freedom to yield a significant impact on electoral democracy. These results are robust across different sets of model specifications, sub‐samples, and definitions of academic freedom.

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学术自由对亚洲地区选举民主的影响

本文利用《民主多样性》（Varieties of Democracy，V-Dem）-2022 年的国家面板数据（2000-2019 年），研究了学术自由如何影响 44 个亚洲国家的选举民主。本研究采用动态面板回归模型作为分析框架。亚洲地区是世界上最大、经济最活跃的民主国家，由于该地区长期以来一直在为实现民主愿望而奋斗，因此是研究这一关系的一个有趣的研究地点。研究发现，亚洲国家当前的选举民主水平与其学术自由的前身水平有显著关联。此外，研究结果表明，学术自由对选举民主产生重大影响大约需要 7 年时间。这些结果在不同的模型规格、子样本和学术自由定义中都是稳健的。

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Public Administration and Development Social Sciences-Development

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3.30

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