We show that drought-induced changes in the intensity of riots lead to moves towards democracy in sub-Saharan Africa …-intensity conflict can have a substantial short-run impact on democratic change, and supports the .window of opportunity. hypothesis …: droughts lead to an increase in the threat of conflict, and incumbents often respond by making democratic concessions. …

Africa's interior-to-coast roads are well suited to export natural resources, but not to support regional trade. Are … networks expanded in a less interior-to-coast way in periods of democracy. This result suggests that Africa's interior …

We examine the effect of the interaction between resource rents and democracy on corruption for a panel of 29 Sub …

A substantial literature has examined the determinants of support for democracy and although existing work has found a … are less supportive of democracy than males in a number of countries. Using data for 20 Sub-Saharan African countries, we …

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 …

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 …

in the World Values Survey, and democracy, all of which are good for growth as reflected in the purchasing power of per …

of a military rule; c) a larger mining sector is associated with a higher likelihood of military rules; d) trade openness …