This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960 … support. These findings are robust to, among others, using night-lights instead of GDP, different democracy measures and …

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 …

We study the role of trade liberalization, democratization and their interaction for technology adoption. A general … accelerate technology adoption if coupled with democratization but may lead to a slow down if these regime changes are imbalanced … variation and the heterogenous timing of openness and democratization. The results document the existence of robust positive …

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 … reached, and whether, conversely, democratization is likely to be an obstacle to the acceptation of market liberalization. Our …

possibility of a nonlinear relationship and the role of reversals remain largely neglected. Focusing on democratization and … partial or captured democracy. We provide as well econometric support showing that even when de facto is modelled as a …

We construct a panel of satisfaction with democracy (SWD) and economic, institutional, and environmental variables for …

This paper investigates the empirical role of violent conflicts for the causal effect of democracy on economic growth …. Exploiting within-country variation to identify the effect of democratization during the 'Third Wave', we find evidence that the … effect of democratization is weaker than reported previously once one accounts for the incidence of conflict, while the …

This paper offers an eclectic survey of the political economy of labor regulation in the United States at federal and … review, and interjurisdictional competition as well as the implications of union decline. Our analysis should help dispel any …