Using a new set of micro evidence from an original survey of 28 transition countries, we show that democracy increases … reformist parties in the former socialist block lies in a deepening of democracy. …

of democracy in his country during his tenure. This effect is shown to be independent from the leader's education level …, as well as from his profession. Moreover, it is mainly driven by countries with a poor initial level of democracy. These …

public schooling. We develop a theory which integrates private education and fertility decisions with voting on public …

Empirical evidence on the relationship between democracy and economic reforms is scarce, limited to few reforms and … countries and for few years. This paper studies the impact of democracy on the adoption of economic reforms using a new dataset … 150 countries over the period 1960-2004. Democracy has a positive and significant impact on the adoption of economic …

partial or captured democracy. We provide as well econometric support showing that even when de facto is modelled as a …