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 …

through the extension of franchise. This is because democracy always implements a highly redistributive fiscal policy, which … makes fighting hard incentive-compatible for the citizens-soldiers. We show that a transition to democracy is more likely to …

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

democracy disappears once including country fixed effects. This paper tests the hypothesis that the effect of income on … democracy might differ systematically across countries. A replication of the estimation in a less restrictive empirical … 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 …

social cohesion and democracy. As alternative, the possible future role of the European Social Model could consist of the …

increase of volatility lowers growth by up to 0.57 percentage points in a democracy, but raises growth by 1.74 percentage …