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Are Democratizing Countries ‘Rewarded’ with Higher Levels of Foreign Aid?

Szent-Iványi, Balázs - Közgazdaságtudományi Kar, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem - 2014

The paper examines how flows of foreign aid have reacted to events of democratization in developing countries. Using a …

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Autocracy, democracy and trade policy

Galiani, Sebastian; Torrens, Gustavo - In: Journal of International Economics 93 (2014) 1, pp. 173-193

This paper develops a politico-economic model for use in studying the role of intra-elite conflict in the simultaneous determination of a country's political regime, trade policy and income-tax-based redistribution scheme. Three socioeconomic groups are involved: two elite groups and workers,...

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Democratization and Constitutional Choices in Czecho-Slovakia, Hungary and Poland 1989-91

Lijphart, Arend - In: Journal of Theoretical Politics 4 (1992) 2, pp. 207-223

the three East European countries around 1990 as well: (1) the logic of democratization which requires a bargain between …

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Social Mobility and Political Transitions

LeventoÄŸlu, Bahar - In: Journal of Theoretical Politics 17 (2005) 4, pp. 465-496

redistribution. I show that social mobility facilitates democratization by reducing the conflict over redistribution between the rich …

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Escaping from Absolute Dissatisfaction

Rose, Richard - In: Journal of Theoretical Politics 4 (1992) 4, pp. 371-393

The transformation of East European societies involves an escape from two sources of dissatisfaction: a non-market economy and an authoritarian regime. Since dissatisfaction with the past is the fixed and common reference point of post-Communist societies, indifference or confusion in societies...

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The Transition from Authoritarian Rule

Sutter, Daniel - In: Journal of Theoretical Politics 12 (2000) 1, pp. 67-89

relationship between regime strength and the potential for a negotiated democratization is quite complicated. The weakening of a …

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Synthetic ‘Real Socialism’: A Counterfactual Analysis of Political and Economic Liberalizations

Petrarca, Ilaria; Ricciuti, Roberto - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Facoltà di Economia - 2014

main result is an effect of economic freedom large than the one of democratization. In Poland and Bulgaria we find a … positive impact of economic freedom, while in Bulgaria there is also a smaller effect of democratization. In Albania, after an …

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How democracy was achieved

Tridimas, George - In: European Journal of Political Economy 28 (2012) 4, pp. 651-658

democratization of the West from the medieval times to the early twentieth century, first the shift of policy making authority from … population. This review essay sets out the themes of the book, and relates the book to the democratization of classical Athens … and democratization from the last quarter of the 20th century. …

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Does democratization facilitate economic liberalization?

Rode, Martin; Gwartney, James D. - In: European Journal of Political Economy 28 (2012) 4, pp. 607-619

Previous empirical studies have found that the institutions and policies of democracies are generally more supportive of economic freedom than authoritarian political regimes. This paper employs a new dataset by Cheibub et al. (2010) to examine the impact of transitions to democracy on economic...

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Non-Linear Geographics and the Economics of Transition and Democratization

Brezis, Elise S.; Verdier, Thierry - Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University - 2012

simple model of transition and democratization is presented wherein we show that the effectiveness of repression by the … country to start a transition process towards democratization is not necessarily the one nearest to the free world. …

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