degree of direct democracy leads to lower total government expenditure (albeit insignificantly) but also to higher central … institutions. The low number of observations as well as the very general nature of the variable used to proxy for direct democracy …

general democracy index for 87 countries shows that a higher degree of direct democracy leads to lower budget deficits and …

degree of direct democracy leads to lower total government expenditure (albeit insignificantly) but also to higher central … institutions. The low number of observations as well as the very general nature of the variable used to proxy for direct democracy …

democracy. With respect to risky choice behavior, a multitude of empirical evidence shows the disconformity of human behavior …, the political economy literature considers economic development itself as an important determinant of democracy. The fifth … study of the dissertation investigates the effect of income on democracy, based on the premise that the theory of critical …