Democracy and trade policy in developing countries -- Trade protection and electoral malpractice in new democratic … -- Democracy, political particularism, and trade liberalization in Brazil -- Trade politics and contributions in India and South …

A growing body of research suggests that democracy promotes trade liberalization in developing countries. We argue that … democracy in developing countries generates a "skill bias" in trade policy where democratic incumbents have incentives to …

literature on aid and democracy. It asks: Does aid-especially democracy aid-have positive impact on democracy? How? What factors … most influence its impact? In so doing, it considers studies that explicitly focus on 'democracy aid' as an aggregate … category, its subcomponents (e.g. aid to elections), and 'developmental aid'. Overall, the evidence suggests that i) democracy …

This paper develops a new model of trade policy under dictatorship and democratization. The paper makes two …

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 …