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. …

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 …

aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of … 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 …

not sufficient, the military can take action against a nondemocratic regime in order to create its own dictatorship. A … 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 …

more than 15 percentage points in the three years following his election, relative to that in the most anti …

model, measure and investigate this process empirically. This paper tries to fill this gap by putting forward theory and …