“…7 Others have suggested that democratization reduces this ability, pointing to democratic stability (Adi Brender & Drazen, 2007;A. Brender & Drazen, 2005), voter experience (Akhmedov & Zhuravskaya, 2004;Shi & Svensson, 2006), party institutionalization (Shelton, n.d.), and fiscal transparency (Alt & Lassen, 2006).…”