This paper provides estimates for the Mercosur countries of the Frisch elasticity – i.e., the elasticity of …, with estimated elasticities ranging from 12.8 in Argentina to -13.1 in Paraguay. Brazil and Uruguay are in between, both … main reason behind the negative estimates found in Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The heterogeneity of these estimates is …

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 …

We provide evidence that a history of democracy at the local level is associated with contemporary democracy at the … national level. Auxiliary estimates show that a tradition of local democracy is also associated with attitudes that favor … democracy, with better quality institutions, and higher level of economic development …