This paper develops a comprehensive theory of support for democracy. Building on instrumental and culturalist … approaches, the theory argues that experience with democracy conditions the extent to which economic and political performance … democracy grows older, while the opposite should be true about political performance. These arguments are evaluated using …

tries to identify the effect of democracy on economic prosperity, little work has been done to understand the determinants … of economic growth under democracy. This paper examines whether the determinants of economic growth in Latin America are …

Does democracy promote economic growth? There is still an ongoing debate over the economic implications of democracy …, and this question has gained critical importance particularly in the African context, where a wave of democratization in … 43 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period of 1982-2012, we find strong evidence that democracy is positively …