partial or captured democracy. We provide as well econometric support showing that even when de facto is modelled as a …

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 …

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 …

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 …

over time, and investigate their determinants, reversals and macroeconomic impacts. We find that GDP growth determines … external liberalization and privatization, concentration of political power drives internal liberalization, and democracy … internal liberalization reversals, and OECD growth increase that of external liberalization reversals. We replicate previous …