This paper investigates the relationship between democracy and antitrust policy. Strong antitrust policies advance the … interests of consumers. We examine the empirical relationship between democracy, inequality, and antitrust policies in a broad … panel of countries from 1951 to 2010. Using a variety of empirical strategies, we find that democracy is predictive of …

-constitutional foundation of liberal democracy and has over the past seven decades advanced into a powerful institution to defend markets across …

from 1960 to 2007, it analyzes whether antitrust law actually has a positive effect on democracy and economic growth. The …, there is no significant positive effect on the level of democracy. It is suggested that these results might be due to the …

world. This study undertakes a political economy approach to understanding the global adoption of antitrust laws. We focus … democracy with a pure form of capitalism results in a political economy characterized as “democratic capitalism.” On the basis …

democracy should be framed to promote the appearance of electoral integrity. The thesis advances a proposal to foster the … sufficient to distort an election: under a Rawlsian account of democracy, if the illegal practice allowed the candidate to have … perspective of democracy, that threshold could be adjusted to 50% …

The articles included in this symposium examine the interesting relationships that capitalism, democracy, and antitrust … and democratic demands in some parts of the world. They also explore the impact that antitrust laws and regulations exert … on capitalism and democracy. To better assist in examining the connections and conflicts of antitrust laws with the …