drastically escalate attacks. Our results speak to the charged debates about democracy, by identifying conditions under which … heightened interest in political decision-making can pose a threat to democracy in and of itself. …

the phenomenon of charged debates about democracy by identifying conditions under which heightened interest in political … decision-making can pose a threat to democracy in and of itself. …

institutions which drive this relationship using data from the Varieties of Democracy project. We sketch how incentives and … institutions, as witnessed recently in many countries, may jeopardise the perpetual growth effect of becoming a liberal democracy …Recent empirical work has established that 'democracy causes growth'. In this paper, we determine the underlying …

consequences of such rule-like behavior. They include morality and law as well as institutions of governance such as branding and …Social institutions are persistent regularities in contracting and other relations amongst men and in the unintended … advertising. Institutions are studied in all approaches and schools of economics, and each involves its peculiar emphases. The …

This paper studies how individual characteristics, institutions, and their interaction influence moral decisions. We … institutions compared to situations of individual decision-making. Intelligence, female gender, and the existence of siblings …