Africa has seen a steady rise in democracy since the end of the Cold War. This paper investigates two possible implications of democratization in African countries: better economic growth through improved institutions and less civil conflict through increased political participation....

This paper analyzes impacts of democratization in Africa, including effects of improved, property rights on economic growth and of greater political participation on civil violence. Democracy is endogenous to economic growth and other outcomes, which hampers most, empirical analysis. This paper...

This paper analyzes impacts of democratization in Africa, including effects of improved property rights on economic growth and greater political participation on civil violence. Democracy is endogenous to economic growth and other outcomes, which hampers most empirical analysis. This paper uses...