cleavages in society (Hegre et al, 2003; Bhagwati, 2004; Mousseau and Mousseau, 2008; Dreher et al, 2008). -- growth ; democracy …

under which globalization factors foster technology efficiency. In this paper, we extend the MSS model by combining panel … technical efficiency has monotonically decreased for low income countries, supporting the so-called club convergence hypothesis … improve production technology and efficiency position relative to the frontier only after the country has reached a certain …

Does democracy affect trade? There are several channels by which democracy may affect trade, with differing … paper, I analyze the effect of democracy on trade by augmenting the gravity equation with democracy. Using a rich panel data … set and controlling for the endogeneity of democracy, I find empirical evidence consistent with the hypothesis that …

doubtful as to whether the presumption of the overall efficiency of democracy can be sustained in global governance … reference to strengths and weaknesses in environmental objectives. This analysis explores the effect of autocracy, democracy, as …