simple model of transition and democratization is presented wherein we show that the effectiveness of repression by the … country to start a transition process towards democratization is not necessarily the one nearest to the free world. …

simple model of transition and democratization is presented wherein we show that the effectiveness of repression by the … country to start a transition process towards democratization is not necessarily the one nearest to the free world …. -- conflicts ; democratization ; elites ; geography ; repression ; transition process …

necessary. Inequality in endowments and incomes prolongs the absence of good institutions and delays democratization. Conversely …We analyze the endogenous evolution of economic and political institutions and the interdependencies with the process … of economic development. Favorable economic institutions ensure the appropriability of rents in form of a state of law …