Conditionality and Domestic Political Economy -- Chapter 9: The Crisis, its Management and Impact on Equity and Democracy in Portugal … in Crisis - Governance, Equity and Democracy -- Part IV: Impact of the Crisis in Europe and Latin America: Regional Level … focus on equity and democracy. Based on a three-year research project by the Jean Monnet Network, this volume takes an …

relationship according to which democracy is a determinant of economic development? Or is it, conversely, economic development that … terms of a rule of law. On the other hand do democracies not simply arise as consequence of economic development, but …

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. …

individuals and the prevailing unemployment rate in the country impact perceptions of the effectiveness of democracy. We find that … personal joblessness experience translates into negative opinions about the effectiveness of democracy and it increases the … that democracies are ineffective, regardless of joblessness. People's beliefs about the effectiveness of democracy as …

democracy enhances entry rates for small sized firms but reduces them for medium or large ones. …

. We find that emigration and human capital both increase democracy and economic freedom. This implies that unskilled …

democracy disappears once including country fixed effects. This paper tests the hypothesis that the effect of income on … democracy might differ systematically across countries. A replication of the estimation in a less restrictive empirical … framework provides evidence for significant but heterogeneous effects of income on democracy for former colonies and non …

Saving Capitalism and Democracy tries to answer the difficult questions posed by intellectuals, the media, politicians …

Empirical evidence on the relationship between democracy and economic reforms is scarce, limited to few reforms and … countries and for few years. This paper studies the impact of democracy on the adoption of economic reforms using a new dataset … 150 countries over the period 1960-2004. Democracy has a positive and significant impact on the adoption of economic …