networks expanded in a less interior-to-coast way in periods of democracy. This result suggests that Africa's interior …

How do the media affect public support for democratic institutions in a fragile democracy? What role do they play in a …-Nazi radio broadcast following Hitler's appointment as German chancellor. During the consolidation of dictatorship, radio …

This paper develops a new model of trade policy under dictatorship and democratization. The paper makes two … is to show how a dictatorship can manipulate trade policy to maintain its grip on power in the face of permanent world …

-in-differences design to show that stay-at-home orders notably increased satisfaction with democracy and shifted political support towards … centrist parties. Stay-at-home orders increased satisfaction with democracy most among individuals who had been exposed to the … restrictive state interventions. Moreover, we find suggestive evidence that satisfaction with democracy increases more among …

We show that drought-induced changes in the intensity of riots lead to moves towards democracy in sub-Saharan Africa …

quality of democracy. However, there is a non-negligible share of democracies that implement a minority-backed amount of …

We compile data for 186 countries (1919 - 2016) and apply different aggregation methods to create new democracy indices … produces upward-biased OLS and 2SLS estimates. The results of an analysis of the effect of democracy on economic growth show …