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. …

relationship according to which democracy is a determinant of economic development? Or is it, conversely, economic development that …

This paper investigates the determinants of economic growth emphasizing the role of institutional quality, social … fragmentation, and increasing global integration on recent growth experience. Our longitudinal data consists of 103 countries … the security of property rights has played a critical role in promoting economic growth. Ethnic heterogeneity has been a …

eine Demokratie erst ermöglicht? Dieser Artikel gibt einen Überblick über die jüngere empirische Literatur zur Frage der …

This paper investigates the determinants of economic growth emphasizing the role of institutional quality, social … fragmentation, and increasing global integration on recent growth experience. Our longitudinal data consists of 103 countries … the security of property rights has played a critical role in promoting economic growth. Ethnic heterogeneity has been a …

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 …

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 …

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 …