It is well-known in the literature that income per capita is strongly correlated with the level of democracy across … income to democracy even after controlling for country-specific effects. While a positive effect emerges for poor countries …

individual commitment across citizens to defend democracy against a potential military coup, and it is an endogenous state … and the state. Parents invest resources in order to transmit their own political values (commitment to democracy) to their … between political regimes and political culture diffusion. Consolidated democracy emerges when sufficiently many people are …

important consequence of the presence of a strong military is that once transition to democracy takes place, the military poses …

remains a minimal level of diversity in individual choices. Social norms turn out to be less efficient than democracy as a way …

society consists of rich and poor individuals. The rich are initially in power, but expect to transition to democracy, which …. This enables them to reduce the amount of redistribution and public good provision in democracy. Moreover, the inefficient … rents for bureaucrats than would an efficient state structure. When the poor come to power in democracy, they will reform …

significant entry barriers against new entrepreneurs. Democracy, where political power is more widely di used, imposes … redistributive taxes on producers, but tends to avoid entry barriers. When taxes in democracy are high and the distortions caused by … democracy because of within-elite conflict, and how the unequal distribution of income in oligarchy supports the oligarchic …

society consists of rich and poor individuals. The rich are initially in power, but expect to transition to democracy, which …. This enables them to reduce the amount of redistribution and public good provision in democracy. Moreover, the inefficient … rents for bureaucrats than would an efficient state structure. When the poor come to power in democracy, they will reform …