We develop a theory of endogenous regimes transitions (with a focus on democratic consolidation), which emphasizes the … 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 …

democracy might differ systematically across countries. A replication of the estimation in a less restrictive empirical … democracy disappears once including country fixed effects. This paper tests the hypothesis that the effect of income on … framework provides evidence for significant but heterogeneous effects of income on democracy for former colonies and non …

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

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

that a jus sanguinis origin is a factor of resistance to change, that a high degree of democracy promotes the adoption of …

This paper investigates the empirical role of violent conflicts for the causal effect of democracy on economic growth …, we find evidence that peaceful transitions to democracy have a significant positive effect on growth that is even larger … than reported in the previous literature, while violent transitions to democracy have no, or even negative, effects on …