Mali long seemed a model, low-income democracy. Yet, in a few short weeks in early 2012, more than half of the … elements of vertical accountability that are necessary for democracy. On the other hand, aid was not very successful at …

We study the incentives to expropriate foreign capital under democracy and obligarchy. We model a two-sector small open …

first two periods of this they explained how the rise of democracy brought prosperity to Europe  and why the same process … alleviated by safeguarding democracy rather than moving to socialism. In the last period A and R have formalized doubts about the … efficacy of democracy in this role. The implication here is that Marxists should work to find a system of government that is …

The conventional wisdom in political science is that for a democracy to be consoliated, all groups must have a chance … to attain power. If they do not then they will subvert democracy and choose to fight for power. In this paper we show … model, we show that democracy may never be consolidated in such a situation. Rather, democracy may only be stable when one …

Do foreign educated individuals play a role in promoting democracy in their home country? Despite the large amount of … foster democracy in their home countries. Using a unique panel dataset on foreign students starting from 1950, I show that … indeed foreign-educated individuals promote democracy in their home country, but only if the foreign education is acquired in …