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 …

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 …

inequality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with …Using cross-country data, we find evidence for a significant negative interaction effect between democracy and …

This paper is dedicated to the relation between market development and democracy. We distinguish contexts and … preferences and ask whether it is true that the demand for democracy only emerges after a certain degree of market development is … strategy consists in relying on the specific situation of frontier-zones. We find that democracy enhances the support for …

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with their life, they are also more likely to cast their vote in favor of the ruling party. We address the possible concern …

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 …

reflexive learning processes through democracy and public involvement. It identifies the most central social practices, dilemmas …

oligarchy’s rise to power and the dangers it represents for democracy today. There have been many books since the financial … rebalancing the economy and society at large. The author presents a novel solution that would change current tax systems in the …