Using World Bank data on institutional quality and the KOF Globalization Index, we examine over 100 countries from 1992 … to 2010 to analyze the relationship between economic and social globalization and six measures of institutional quality …. Theoretically, the incentives of elites to respond to globalization by improving institutions should differ between low-income and …

relationship between economic and social globalization and absolute income poverty ex post. We use the globalization index … using a "long run" first difference regression, we find a robust negative correlation between globalization and poverty. We … policies) and social globalization (information flows, personal contact and cultural proximity) respectively, controlling for …

Recent micro-level studies have suggested that globalization - in particular, economic globalization - breeds political … shares for European populist parties and economic globalization. Using data on vote share for 267 right-wing and left …-wing populist parties in 33 European countries 1980-2016, and globalization data from the KOF-institute, we find no evidence of a …

This paper examines whether social spending cushions the effect of globalization on within-country inequality. Using … globalization and inequality. The results confirm that economic globalization - especially economic flows - associates with higher … globalization and inequality. …

This note describes how research on the link between globalization and openness has changed over time. Early …