The problem with using democratic India and authoritarian
China as evidence that authoritarian regimes have better economic performance than democratic ones is that:
a. evidence from just two countries is not sufficient to make broad generalizations about all authoritarian and democratic regimes.
b. there are multiple differences between the two that might explain the different economic outcomes.
c. there are several different kinds of authoritarian regimes and China represents only one of the kinds.
d. if a comparison is made between two countries, they should be as identical as possible except for differences on the independent and dependent variable.
e. All of the above.
Answer: e
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