I study the link between ethnic diversity, democracy, and corruption. In a static model, I show that contrary to conventional wisdom, corruption might emerge as a negative externality of democracy. This occurs through ethnicity, which appears as a rent-extracting technology in a democratic...

Chile’s average economic growth between 1990 and 1998 was above 7 percent per year, more than double than in previous decades, and higher than in any other Latin American country in the same period. This paper assesses empirically the main hypotheses suggested in the literature about the...

"This edited book seeks to reflect on issues and factors that influence democracy, governance and development in Africa. This book equally provides scholars and practitioners with an empirical and practical forum to deliberate on issues, discourses, models, challenges and prospects for Africa's...