This paper studies the effect of strengthening democracy, as captured by an increase in voting rights, on the incidence … of violent civil conflict in nineteenth-century Colombia. Empirically studying the relationship between democracy and … conflict is challenging, not only because of conceptual problems in defining and measuring democracy, but also because …

This paper studies the effect of strengthening democracy, as captured by an increase in voting rights, on the incidence … of violent civil conflict in nineteenth-century Colombia. Empirically studying the relationship between democracy and … conflict is challenging, not only because of conceptual problems in defining and measuring democracy, but also because …

of extremism decreases with wealth, power, and degree of democracy, but increases with the stakes in the conflict and …

Do foreign educated individuals play a role in promoting democracy in their home country? Despite the large amount of … foster democracy in their home countries. Using a unique panel dataset on foreign students starting from 1950, I show that … indeed foreign-educated individuals promote democracy in their home country, but only if the foreign education is acquired in …