efficiency of an economy. In a model of direct democracy it is shown that -- contrary to the political process in a … representative democracy -- efficient projects will always be politically accepted and the degree of inefficiency of inefficient … and indirect forms of democracy, will always work in favor of higher efficiency …

, based on the Chief-in-Executive measure of political institutions, a country with the highest democracy score was some 55 …

democracy score was some 55 percentage points less likely to vote in favor of the second of the two UN Goldstone resolutions and …