78 developing countries over the period 1990-2005, this paper provides econometric evidence that democracy matters for … insufficiently welfare minded. We found that high levels of democracy are specifically needed in natural resource rich countries to …

democracy-focused fields of law. Thus, tax scholarship mostly has not engaged with the increasingly important project of … strengthening democratic governance.This Article argues that democracy should be a more central consideration in designing and … evaluating tax laws in a democratic system of government, exploring a set of democracy criteria that can bolster the standard …

of democracy in his country during his tenure. This effect is shown to be independent from the leader's education level …, as well as from his profession. Moreover, it is mainly driven by countries with a poor initial level of democracy. These …

Evidence from a novel measure of democracy (SVMDI) based on Support Vector Machines highlights a robust positive … relationship between democracy and economic growth. We argue that the ambiguity in recent studies can be traced back to the neglect … of the information in the equation in levels and the lack of sufficient sensitivity of traditional democracy indicators …

Evidence from a novel measure of democracy (SVMDI) based on Support Vector Machines highlights a robust positive … relationship between democracy and economic growth. We argue that the ambiguity in recent studies can be traced back to the neglect … of the information in the equation in levels and the lack of sufficient sensitivity of traditional democracy indicators …

democracy becomes acceptable and "the only game in town". For that we use a sample of all nine South American young democracies …

whether oil affects democratic institutions. We further the debate through the use of additional measures of democracy and …

parametric estimates may have seriously underestimated the growth effects of democracy. In particular, we find an average … negative effect on growth of leaving democracy on the order of -2 percentage points implying effects on income per capita as …