We use a sample of 144 countries over the period 2003-2013 to investigate the link between democracy and regulatory … reforms. Democracy may be conducive to reform, as politicians embrace growth-enhancing reforms to win elections. On the other … World Bank’s Doing Business database. The results provide some support for the hypothesis that democracy is good for …

This paper questions the effect of democracy on regulatory reforms by mainly checking whether the observed differences … democracy. Our results, based primarily on the Oaxaca - Blinder decomposition approach, suggest that democracy is not the basis … of these observed differences. This calls into question the importance of democracy when it comes to unleashing the …

We use a sample of 147 countries to investigate the link between democracy and reforms. Democracy may be conducive to … institutions. The results provide a robust support for the claim that democracy is good for growth-enhancing reforms. …

regulatory reforms. Democracy may be conducive to reform, as politicians embrace growth-enhancing reforms to win elections. On … from the World Bank’s Doing Business database. The results provide mixed support for the hypothesis that democracy is good …

, they ultimately failed to make Japan's democracy truly competitive and transform the nation's political culture as …

partial or captured democracy. We provide as well econometric support showing that even when de facto is modelled as a …