, depending on whether it appears in the form of rises in income or in education: A higher income level reduces democracy, whereas … more education leads to both more democracy and more repression. These theoretical findings are corroborated by panel data …

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 …

aid generally supports rather than hinders democracy building around the world; ii) aid modalities influence the … literature on aid and democracy. It asks: Does aid-especially democracy aid-have positive impact on democracy? How? What factors … most influence its impact? In so doing, it considers studies that explicitly focus on 'democracy aid' as an aggregate …

: Democratization in the late twentieth century, 1991) and the methodology of Acemoglu et al. (Democracy does cause growth, 2014) about … 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 …

Acemoglu et al. (Democracy does cause growth, 2014) about regional democratization waves. According to this theory … between regional waves of democratization and a country's own regime; however democracy still has a positive effect on direct … the period 1993-2012. His main explanatory variable will be a dichotomous measure of democracy; but he alters his analysis …

institutions to foster economic development and democratization. We suggest that the IFIs establish a well-crafted fund and …