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Democracy and Growth : Evidence of a New Measurement
Gründler, Klaus - 2016
We present a novel approach for measuring democracy based on Support Vector Machines, a mathematical algorithm for … pattern recognition. The Support Vector Machines Democracy Index (SVMDI) is continuously on the 0-1-interval and enables a … very detailed measurement of democracy for 188 countries between 1981 and 2011. Application of the SVMDI highlights a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001148
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Globalization, Economic Freedom and Human Rights
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars H.R - 2021
Using the KOF Index of Globalization and two indices of economic freedom, we empirically analyze whether globalization and economic liberalization affect governments’ respect for human rights using a panel of 106 countries over the 1981-2004 period. According to our results, physical integrity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316142
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Globalization, Economic Freedom and Human Rights
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars-H. R. - CESifo - 2010
Using the KOF Index of Globalization and two indices of economic freedom, we empirically analyze whether globalization and economic liberalization affect governments’ respect for human rights using a panel of 106 countries over the 1981-2004 period. According to our results, physical integrity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727302
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The Female Vote and the Rise of AKP in Turkey
Fidrmuc, Jan; Tunali, Cigdem Börke - CESifo - 2015
Differences between the voting behavior of men and women have become one of the most significant issues in social science research in recent years. In this study, we examine whether there is gender gap in voting behavior in Turkey. Using European Social Survey data, we find that education level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011194239
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Machine Learning Indices, Political Institutions, and Economic Development
Gründler, Klaus - 2018
democracy (186 countries, 1960-2014). The method takes its name from a machine learning technique for pattern recognition and … results are affected by conceptual and methodological changes in the measure of democracy. In particular, we show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920185
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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 of education, inequality, and (natural) resources. We highlight two contrasting effects of education and human capital accumulation. On the one side, education prompts economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963389
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Democracy and Countries with Muslim Majorities : A Reply and Update
Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
and democracy. In his comment on my study, Hanusch indicates that he believes I was using the POLITY IV index. He has not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089161
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The Political Economy of Opposition Groups : Peace, Terrorism, or Civil Conflict
Jetter, Michael - 2018
This paper proposes a simple framework to better understand an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and open civil conflict against the government. Our model implies that terrorism emerges if constraints on the ruling executive group are intermediate and rents are sizeable,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930080
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Democracy and Countries with Muslim Majorities: A Reply and Update
Potrafke, Niklas - CESifo - 2012
and democracy. In his comment on my study, Hanusch indicates that he believes I was using the POLITY IV index. He has not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598912
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The Democratic-Republican Presidential Growth Gap and the Partisan Balance of the State Governments
Cahan, Dodge - 2017
Higher economic growth was generated during Democratic presidencies compared to Republican presidencies in the United States. The question is why. Blinder and Watson (2016) explain that the Democratic-Republican presidential growth gap (D-R growth gap) can hardly be attributed to the policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012952476