broader relationship between democracy and violence. The chapter studies some of the most important democratization reforms …

political influences that shape democratic attitudes. The results reveal that support for democracy increases with age and is … heterogeneity in experiences with democracy, and that socioeconomic factors impact democratic attitudes. …

: the incumbent leader selects the future leader as opposed to citizens at large selecting the future leader under democracy …

in a political system have on economic growth. Using analysis of panel data from more than countries over the period 1970 …-2010 we find that the growth effects of property rights increase when political power is divided among more veto players. When … political parties), we further find that the growth effects of property rights are driven mainly by checks on the chief …

What was the impact of urban political structure on economic inequality in preindustrial times? I document that more … closed political institutions were associated with higher economic inequality in a panel of early modern German cities. To … inequality. To mitigate concerns about reverse causality, I exploit the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) as a plausibly exogenous …

High-quality data on state-level inequality and incomes, panel data on corruption convictions, and careful attention to … of inequality, which indicate diminished prospects facing those convicted of corruption. In US states over 25 years we … show that inequality and higher government relative wages significantly and robustly produce less corruption. This reverses …

What was the impact of urban political structure on economic inequality in preindustrial times? I document that more … closed political institutions were associated with higher economic inequality in a panel of early modern German cities. To … inequality. To mitigate concerns about reverse causality, I exploit the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) as a plausibly exogenous …

and inequality in initial endowments. We find, consistent with theoretical predictions, that democracy breakdown is more …Many empirical studies have found a positive association between economic development and democracy survival across … question in a laboratory experiment with democracy defined in a narrow sense as the ability of citizens to invest freely in …

This paper explores the extent to which episodes of democratization can be explained by variation in income inequality … Robinson (2001), our empirical examination considers the possibility that the effect of income inequality on democratization …, we demonstrate that variation in income inequality can explain democratization following recessions, but that there is no …