) as one way in which to transfer wealth to poor societies, leading to democracy. The most recent literature assesses this … point better. We create models of democracy and use estimates of FDI stock for 107-120 countries over the 1970-2000 time … period as a principal control variable. We find that FDI Granger-causes democracy to a greater degree than the other way …

In contrast to West Germany, illicit drugs were virtually absent in East Germany until 1990. However, after the … collapse of the former GDR, East Germany was expected to encounter a sharp increase in substance abuse. By analyzing individual … data, we find that East Germany largely caught up with West Germany's ever-growing prevalence of cannabis use within a …

In contrast to West-Germany, illicit drugs were virtually absent in East-Germany until 1990. Yet, after the collapse of … the former GDR, East-Germany was expected to encounter a sharp increase in the prevalence of substance abuse. By analyzing … individual data, we find that East-Germany largely caught up with West-Germany's ever-growing prevalence of illicit drugs within …