Democracy is an essential aspect in national-level governance to safeguard human rights and provide equal distribution … show mixed result in providing evidence of how democracy will impact economic growth. In this paper, we, therefore …, empirically examine the impact of democracy on economic growth and income inequality at the regional level by studying provinces …

Does democracy increase economic growth? Previous literature tends to find a positive effect but does also suffer from … elections on local economic growth in Indonesia by using a quasi-experimental research method. The first direct elections of … district leaders in Indonesia were performed in a staggered manner, and decided such that the year of election is exogenous …

impact of direct elections on people's trust in state and political institutions, using a major political reform in Indonesia …