The purpose of this paper is to use cross country regression analysis on a large set of countries from around the world for the year 2007 to test the hypothesis that greater instability, political or economic leads to...The purpose of this paper is to use cross country regression analysis on a large set of countries from around the world for the year 2007 to test the hypothesis that greater instability, political or economic leads to reduced levels of human rights. The results of the paper's econometric analysis tend to support the hypothesis that increased levels of either political instability or economic instability are detrimental to human rights within countries.展开更多
文摘The purpose of this paper is to use cross country regression analysis on a large set of countries from around the world for the year 2007 to test the hypothesis that greater instability, political or economic leads to reduced levels of human rights. The results of the paper's econometric analysis tend to support the hypothesis that increased levels of either political instability or economic instability are detrimental to human rights within countries.