The relationship between democracy and economic inequality is never conclusive. This study contributes to clarifying it … suggests one of the mechanisms between democratic experience and inequality. Democracy, or longstanding autocracy, in the long …. Finally, the redistributive nature of democracy illustrated by democratic theorists is nonetheless found to be valid, but the …

One cannot doubt the ubiquitous lack of hope and confidence in the so-called democratic institutions by the large … majority of people. The fundamental reason thereof is the blatant contradiction between the principle of democracy, promoting … Europe, of the pre-revolution era2. What is at stake is to understand the paramount failure of political institutions to meet …

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 …

find that Germans systematically underestimate their true place in the world’s income distribution, but that correcting …

inequality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with …Using cross-country data, we find evidence for a significant negative interaction effect between democracy and … institutions of higher quality when inequality is lower. …