This paper investigates the endogenous emergence of democracy and rule of law in an economy where heterogeneous …

combining them with OECD taxation data, we find robust evidence suggesting that a) higher patriotism is associated with higher …

We study the effects of patriotism on tax compliance. If individuals feel a (random) patriotic warm glow from honest … instrumental variables estimation to tackle the possible endogeneity of patriotism. On the aggregate level, we provide evidence for …

Over the last two centuries, many countries experienced regime transitions toward democracy. We document this … democratic transition over a long time horizon. We use historical time series of income, education and democracy levels from 1870 … to 2000 to explore the economic factors associated with rising levels of democracy. We find that primary schooling, and …

there exists a distribution of resources such that democracy emerges in equilibrium, but there are distributions of … resources for which democracy is infeasible in equilibrium irrespective of the level of development. The model also delivers … results on the stability of democracy with regard to changes in the economic and demographic environment. The results are …

evaluate separately the impact of political institutions linked to democracy and suffrage and of those institutions more …

We use a sample of 147 countries to investigate the link between democracy and reforms. Democracy may be conducive to … institutions. The results provide a robust support for the claim that democracy is good for growth-enhancing reforms. …