liberalizations correspond to the event of becoming a democracy. Using a difference-in-difference estimation, we ask what are the …

unrest or revolution, and this may force the elite to democratize. Democracy may not consolidate because it is more … redistributive than a nondemocratic regime, and this gives the elite an incentive to mount a coup. Because inequality makes democracy … more costly for the elite, highly unequal societies are less likely to consolidate democracy and may end up oscillating …

This paper investigates the effect of the devolution of power to the village level government on the household …

The paper first sets out simplified versions of recent mainstream papers which explain the rise of democracy in 19th …

unrest or revolution, and this may force the elite to democratize. Democracy may not consolidate because it is more … redistributive than a nondemocratic regime, and this gives the elite an incentive to mount a coup. Because inequality makes democracy … more costly to the elite, highly unequal cocieties are less likely to consolidate democracy and may end up oscillating …

developing countries confirm the validity of Amartya Sen’s “democracy prevents famine” argument, while democracy is not a … indicators, computed by the World Bank, “control of corruption” and “government effectiveness” are negatively correlated with …

sources on both democracy and inequality. When we substitute more commonly-used and higher-quality data sources for democracy …