Purpose – This paper investigated the effect of international trade affects income inequality. It alsocompares the different effects between developing and developed countries over the period from 2005 to 2014 for 58 countries.Design/methodology – The econometric estimation was used to...

The relationship between democracy and economic inequality is never conclusive. This study contributes to clarifying it in three ways. First, it focuses on democratic experience, measured as cumulative democratic score, rather than contemporary democratic status, which has no effect on...

This paper provides new measures of restrictions on inward foreign direct investment (FDI) for OECD countries. Several different types of restrictions are considered: limitations on foreign ownership, screening or notification procedures, and management and operational restrictions. These...