freedom is frequently associated with electoral democracy, developments in countries such as Hungary, Poland, Turkey and … Russia, where elected populist leaders with authoritarian tendencies rule, suggest that electoral democracy may not be the … provide a firmer foundation. We investigate empirically how electoral democracy and judicial independence relate to personal …

freedom is frequently associated with electoral democracy, developments in countries such as Hungary, Poland, Turkey and … Russia, where elected populist leaders with authoritarian tendencies rule, suggest that electoral democracy may not be the … provide a firmer foundation. We investigate empirically how electoral democracy and judicial independence relate to personal …

to the latter, it raises a conundrum: if populist policies are detrimental to economic growth, as most economists agree …

This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960 … political instability, while other potential mechanisms, such as education, investment and inequality, lack comparable empirical … support. These findings are robust to, among others, using night-lights instead of GDP, different democracy measures and …

This paper presents new evidence on how demography affects attitudes toward democracy and policy preferences. The … from 90 countries. The results show that the support for democracy increases with age and, at the same time, depends on … cohort-specific factors that are related to past experiences with democracy and socioeconomic status. The findings shed new …

political influences that shape democratic attitudes. The results reveal that support for democracy increases with age and is … heterogeneity in experiences with democracy, and that socioeconomic factors impact democratic attitudes. …

political influences that shape democratic attitudes. The results reveal that support for democracy increases with age and is … heterogeneity in experiences with democracy, and that socioeconomic factors impact democratic attitudes. …

majority of people. The fundamental reason thereof is the blatant contradiction between the principle of democracy, promoting … the rule of law and thereby the welfare of people, and the indomitable tendency of rising and unsustainable inequality in … the essential of democracy. It could be a road to genuine reforms3 preventing a disaster caused by the sheer rejection of …

inequality and the emergence and stability of democratic political systems are connected. While early research in this domain has … generally does not suggest any conclusive results concerning economic inequality and the emergence of democracies, the survey … inequality, and it outlines the conditions for this to occur. However, additional research especially on some of the more …

in the World Values Survey, and democracy, all of which are good for growth as reflected in the purchasing power of per … growth across the globe. In a large sample of countries, equality in the distribution of income as measured by the World Bank … and by The Standardized World Income Inequality Database are seen to be correlated with economic diversification, the rule …