from 1960 to 2007, it analyzes whether antitrust law actually has a positive effect on democracy and economic growth. The …, there is no significant positive effect on the level of democracy. It is suggested that these results might be due to the … current structure of existing antitrust laws, which are designed to promote economic efficiency rather than to prevent …

other measures of democracy, based on civil liberties and political rights, and inequality.The transition experience of … effects of inequality and poverty in the world. The study was funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget under the research … project quot;Democracy and Redistributionquot; (RPO 683-01) …

political institutions. -- commodity prices ; volatility ; democracy ; economic growth …

of democracy (rather than democracy vs. non-democracy) has important consequences for the adoption of structural polices … opposed to majoritarian) and permanent (as opposed to temporary) democracy appear to produce the most growth …