ethnic fractionalization on economic growth across countries using unique time-varying measures. We first replicate the … finding of a weak effect of exogenous diversity on growth and then we show that accounting for how diversity changes over time … latitude), it shows a significant negative impact on economic growth which is robust to different specifications, polarization …

Using a new set of micro evidence from an original survey of 28 transition countries, we show that democracy increases … reformist parties in the former socialist block lies in a deepening of democracy. -- Democracy ; income inequality …

This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960 … support. These findings are robust to, among others, using night-lights instead of GDP, different democracy measures and …

A model of endogenous growth is presented, based on productive public expenditures, and featuring some degree of income … lower capital taxes, to the benefit of both themselves and economic growth. The model's equilibrium dynamics features … balanced growth path, characterized by constant taxes and lobbying (and a constant growth rate of consumption and capital …

individual commitment across citizens to defend democracy against a potential military coup, and it is an endogenous state … and the state. Parents invest resources in order to transmit their own political values (commitment to democracy) to their … between political regimes and political culture diffusion. Consolidated democracy emerges when sufficiently many people are …

This study investigates the relationship between economic growth and democracy by estimating a nation's production … shifters model enabled this study to find possible known channels between economic growth and democracy. Empirical results … growth. Credit guarantee is one of the most significant positive links between economic growth and democracy. The marginal …

and surveys, we show that individuals with longer exposure to democracy display stronger support for democratic … and focusing on immigrants' exposure to democracy before migration. In all cases, the timing and nature of the effects are …: all of the effects we estimate work through exposure to democracies that are successful in providing economic growth …