This paper investigates on the demographic, economic, political and cultural determinants of direct democracy in 87 … countries using an index of direct democracy. The test is interesting since there are important variations across these … countries in the referendum and initiative use. We apply a number of estimation techniques. We find that per capita income …

changed significantly since the 2016 EU referendum. A lot of area characteristics, many of which were previously associated …, carried by protest voters, who used the EU referendum to voice their discontent with domestic social and economic developments …

in the World Values Survey, and democracy, all of which are good for growth as reflected in the purchasing power of per … growth across the globe. In a large sample of countries, equality in the distribution of income as measured by the World Bank … and by The Standardized World Income Inequality Database are seen to be correlated with economic diversification, the rule …

general democracy index for 87 countries shows that a higher degree of direct democracy leads to lower budget deficits and …

difficulties of particular democracies to function properly confront democracy with a new series of challenges and opportunities … democracy. We survey a long period in the quest for such new forms and point to next inventions for such forms. We suggest to … experiment with new ways for democracy to extend the choice of democratic processes that can be implemented in real …

We study whether a democracy improves a measure of individual wellbeing; human heights. Drawing on individual …-level datasets, we test the hypothesis using a battery of eight different measures of democracy and derived averages, and include … models accounting for several confounders, regional and cohort fixed effects. We document that democracy - or its quality …

general democracy index for 87 countries shows that a higher degree of direct democracy leads to lower budget deficits and …