trade more. Second, democracy implies higher quality governance either through institutions or policy-making procedures. I …, importers and exporters. I find the theory that democracy, and many of its components, promotes international trade unconvincing …Scholars and policy makers believe that democracy will bring prosperity through integration into the global economy via …

and refocus attention and analysis on its various disaggregated components, as defined here (e.g., democracy, the rule of …

towards democracy. Variation across post-communist countries in the degree of democracy twenty years after the start of …

differences between autocracy and democracy. …

We investigate the effect of economic sanctions on trade flows in countries sharing a border with the sanctioned state …. On the one hand, trade models suggest that trade flows should decrease as sanctions disrupt trading routes and economic … ties with suppliers and customers. On the other hand, countries can circumvent trade restrictions by clandestinely …

escalation facing Africa, improvements in the productivity of agricultural processing, and reductions in trade barriers within …

exporting and growth performance in Kenya using time series data. Despite trade liberalization and export promotion policies …