between other measures of democracy, based on civil liberties and political rights, and inequality. The transition experience …

This paper presents a general equilibrium model of conflict based on a world populated by representative democracies … democratic leaders is strong, a more democratic world may not necessarily be more peaceful. We discuss the role that norms and … institutions can play in facilitating a more peaceful world with democracies - for example, free trade areas and alliance formation. …

thus supports the notion that there is a positive relationship between democracy and economic growth. …

terror per capita. Democracy, previously associated with more casualties, emerges as a marginally negative predictor of …

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

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 …

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 …