Land Inequality, Portfolio Diversification, and the Political Strategies of the Economic Elite

• In Event: Perspectives on Representation and Representative Institutions in Latin America

Brief Overview

Study of the participation of economic elites in government using micro-level data for thousands of elite members in Chile, 1849-1907. It shows how elite participation in national governments depended on the structure of their investment portfolios.

Author

• Victoria Paniagua, European University Institute