development for the future of democracy …

Democracy requires rules that are designed to prevent the abuse of power and money. Blockchain technology is sometimes …

The paper reexamines Lipset's theory of democratization, by distinguishing the role of (economic) development from that … explanation of the positive relationship between economic development, education, and democratization, and of the negative … relationship between inequality and democratization. Furthermore, we obtain new insights on the resources-curse hypothesis and on …

We develop a theory of democratization that integrates both electoral calculations and economic incentives to explain … the democratization of Britain in this period. …

policy choice in a representative democracy when voters do not fully anticipate a politician's strategic behavior to … partially. Limited sophistication crucially determines how welfare under representative democracy compares to welfare under … alternative political institutions such as direct democracy or governance by experts. We find that, under limited strategic …

policy choice in a representative democracy when voters do not fully anticipate a politician's strategic behavior to … panders only partially. Limited sophistication crucially determines how welfare under representative democracy compares to … welfare under alternative political institutions such as direct democracy or governance by independent agents. We find that …

This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960 … support. These findings are robust to, among others, using night-lights instead of GDP, different democracy measures and …