We study the empirical relationship between democracy and growth using grid-based panel regression and regime … democracy -- best-modelled as a stock variable -- does cause growth, especially beyond the immediate short-run, by enabling the …

government sanctions. Compared to a weak democracy, a growth-favoring dictator may have an advantage in overcoming political …

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 …

variation across countries is the quality of democracy. Using panel data for 70 developing countries between 1970 and 2009 this … paper disentangles the relationship between globalization, democracy, and child health. Specifically the paper examines how … globalization and a country's democratic status and historical experience with democracy, respectively, affect infant mortality. In …

variation across countries is the quality of democracy. Using panel data for 70 developing countries between 1970 and 2009 this … paper disentangles the relationship between globalization, democracy, and child health. Specifically the paper examines how … globalization and a country's democratic status and historical experience with democracy, respectively, affect infant mortality. In …

1993 to 2012. His explanatory variable is a dichotomous democracy measure, but he alters his analysis from previous … research by assuming that democracy is not an exogenous variable. Instead, he uses the theory of Huntington (The third wave …: Democratization in the late twentieth century, 1991) and the methodology of Acemoglu et al. (Democracy does cause growth, 2014) about …

the period 1993-2012. His main explanatory variable will be a dichotomous measure of democracy; but he alters his analysis … from previous research by assuming that democracy or autocracy is not an exogenous variable. Instead the author follows the … Acemoglu et al. (Democracy does cause growth, 2014) about regional democratization waves. According to this theory …