factor in a healthy liberal democracy. We ask two questions: 1) do individuals who are members of civil associations vote …

We revisit Lipset?s law, which posits a positive and significant relationship between income and democracy. Using … democracy: higher/lower incomes per capita hinder/trigger democratization. Decomposing overall income per capita into its …

of democracy, is a significant predictor of government spending on education and health. The relationship is robust to … for democracy for a country is associated with approximately 1 percent more central government spending and 3 percent more …

I study the link between ethnic diversity, democracy, and corruption. In a static model, I show that contrary to … conventional wisdom, corruption might emerge as a negative externality of democracy. This occurs through ethnicity, which appears … technology of extraction operates only at the early stage of democracy. Its impact tends to phase out as democracy matures. In …

sovereign debt is to maintain access to international capital markets. However, in a democracy, one generation may choose …

Has the spread of democracy and political participation impeded the need for speed required by financial markets and …

We examine the effects that variations in the international food prices have on democracy and intra-state conflict …