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The connections between globalization and democracy are a classic question in international political economy and a … positive relationships running both ways between globalization and democracy, though exceptions obtain at particular times …
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We study whether international trade fosters democracy. The likely endogeneity between democracy and trade is addressed … causal impact of openness on democratization. A positive impact of openness on democracy is apparent from about 1895 onwards …. Late nineteenth century trade globalization may have helped generate the "first wave" of democratization. Between 1920 and …
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This paper explains the problem of adjustment to the challenges of globalization in terms of the logic underpinning … democracy with capital flows and international order. The trilemmas in short depict the way that domestic monetary, financial … choices at the heart of globalization. Frequently, the trilemmas conjure up countervailing anti-globalization tendencies and …
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This paper addresses the interactions between globalization, the quality of democracy, and economic convergence using … of globalization (1970-2005), we find a two-way relationship between democracy and globalization and also significant two … simultaneous estimation techniques. To reflect process, we use multi-dimensional, de facto, and continuous measures of democracy …
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In this paper I analyze the role of openness and globalization in Latin America's economic development. The paper is …
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globalization? Why was industrialization so weak? Why was inequality on the rise? This paper offers an answer to these questions. It … massive de-globalization during the decades of lost growth' between the 1820s and the 1870s. Next, it documents what happened … World War I, while it fell thereafter. The correlation between globalization and inequality is likely to have been causal …
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history and economic theory both provide ample grounds for anticipating that advanced stages of economic globalization would … different reactions are related to the relative salience of different types of globalization shocks …
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We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on … dimensions of inequality, and developing new methodologies to capture the many facets of globalization's relationship to … that focus on distinct aspects of globalization's relationship to inequality …
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What is inequality in health? Are economists' standard tools for measuring income inequality relevant or useful for measuring it? Does income protect health and does income inequality endanger it? I discuss two different concepts of health inequality and relate each of them to the literature on...
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