The purpose of the paper is to examine the direct and indirect links between democracy and economic growth. To do so …–2013. This study focuses on two particular channels through which democracy affects growth, namely FDI inflows and public … consumption expenditure. The results show that there is no clear relationship between democracy and economic growth in the Arab …

Evidence from a novel measure of democracy (SVMDI) based on Support Vector Machines highlights a robust positive … relationship between democracy and economic growth. We argue that the ambiguity in recent studies can be traced back to the neglect … of the information in the equation in levels and the lack of sufficient sensitivity of traditional democracy indicators …

The purpose of the paper is to examine the direct and indirect links between democracy and economic growth. To do so …-2013. This study focuses on two particular channels through which democracy affects growth, namely FDI inflows and public … consumption expenditure. The results show that there is no clear relationship between democracy and economic growth in the Arab …