This paper studies the endogenous emergence of political regimes, in particular democracy, oligarchy and mass … democracy is the political outcome. This distribution is even independent of the particular development level if the income … democracy is infeasible in equilibrium irrespective of the level of development. The model also delivers results on the …

relationship according to which democracy is a determinant of economic development? Or is it, conversely, economic development that …

This paper studies the endogenous emergence of political regimes, in particular democracy, oligarchy and mass …. The main results imply that under any economic environment a distribution of resources exists such that democracy is the … sufficiently large. On the other hand, there are distributions of resources for which democracy is infeasible in equilibrium …

relationship according to which democracy is a determinant of economic development? Or is it, conversely, economic development that …-being. -- democracy ; development ; Lipset hypothesis ; causal effect ; growth ; political institutions …

Why are some countries in sub-Saharan Africa more prone to outbreaks of urban protests than others? Drawing together …

qualities. In doing so, we do not simply assess whether, how and to what extent qualities of democracy in East Africa are … qualities of democracy, we find that while the frequency of change has a beneficial impact on the qualities of democracy, the …

The purpose of the paper is to show that the nature of the relationship between governance and democracy varies … distinctive features of the other we find that governance and democracy are not just mutually reinforcing but even overlapping …, that only when we distinguish on theoretical ground governance from democracy we create the basis for analyzing their …

We investigate the empirical relationship between decentralisation and corruption. Using a newly assembled dataset … propose an approach aimed at exploring the aggregate effect of decentralization on corruption. In this context, we analyze the … existence of direct and indirect effects of these aspects on corruption. Our results suggest that fiscal (market …

Corruption is one of the world’s most widespread political problems. It can be found on international, national and sub … a micro level measure of corruption based on the personal experiences of individuals, which realistically represents the … African countries that contains information of more than 50,000 citizens. Corruption is found being negatively correlated with …

Corruption has become an increasingly salient issue in India today, spawning both enormous interest from the media as … policy options under discussion, and the actual evidence base drawn from empirical research on corruption. We attempt to … bridge this gap, directly addressing the particular challenges that corruption in India poses. Academic evidence supports the …