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Workers of the World, Unite! Franchise Extensions and the Threat of Revolution in Europe, 1820-1938
Aidt, Toke Skovsgaard; Jensen, Peter S. - 2021
This paper tests the hypothesis that the extension of the voting franchise was caused by the threat of revolution, as suggested by Acemoglu and Robinson [Quarterly Journal of Economics 115, 1167-1199, 2000]. We approximate the threat of revolution in a given country by revolutionary events...
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The Golden Hello and Political Transitions
Aidt, Toke Skovsgaard - 2012
We analyze the influence of IMF and World Bank programs on political regime transitions. We develop an extended version of Acemoglu and Robinson's (American Economic Review 91, 2001) model of political transitions to show how the anticipation of new loans from in-ternational financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099239
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Free Trade Agreements and the Consolidation of Democracy
Liu, Xuepeng - 2013
of regionalism and of worldwide democratization since the late 1980s …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086606
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A Lipsetian Theory of Democratization : Development, Education, Inequality, and Resources
Boucekkine, Raouf - 2017
The paper reexamines Lipset's theory of democratization, by distinguishing the role of (economic) development from that … explanation of the positive relationship between economic development, education, and democratization, and of the negative … relationship between inequality and democratization. Furthermore, we obtain new insights on the resources-curse hypothesis and on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963389
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The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy : Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic
Omar Mahmoud, Toman - 2013
Communist government in Europe. Our results are suggestive of information transmission and cultural diffusion channels … was directed both to more democratic Western Europe and to less democratic Russia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075980
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Aleatoric Democracy
Frey, Bruno S. - 2017
Democracy usually is identified by the right to vote. However, in recent times voting procedures have been criticized, as they seemingly do not guarantee that all parts of the population have an adequate voice in the established political process. We suggest invigorating an old but nearly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964771
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A Theory of Trade Policy Under Dictatorship and Democratization
Zissimos, Ben - 2017
This paper develops a new model of trade policy under dictatorship and democratization. The paper makes two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945109
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The Democratic Window of Opportunity : Evidence from Riots in Sub-Saharan Africa
Aidt, Toke Skovsgaard - 2014
We show that drought-induced changes in the intensity of riots lead to moves towards democracy in sub-Saharan Africa, and that these changes are often a result of concessions made as a result of the riots. This provides evidence that low-intensity conflict can have a substantial short-run impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050460
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Democratic Tipping Points
Ciccone, Antonio - 2018
democratization. I think of situations where this is a possibility as democratic tipping points. The transitory events I focus on are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012919235
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World Price Shocks, Income, and Democratization
Zissimos, Ben - 2021
This paper shows how a world price shock can increase the likelihood that democratization must be used to resolve the … price shock can push the country into a situation where the elite face a commitment problem that only democratization can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315548