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Do democracies provide better education? : revisiting the democracy-human capital link

Dahlum, Sirianne; Knutsen, Carl Henrik - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 94 (2017), pp. 186-199

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Inadequate for democracy : how (not) to distribute education

Oprea, Alexandra - In: Politics, philosophy & economics : ppe 19 (2020) 4, pp. 343-365

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Democracy, dictatorship and the cultural transmission of political values

Ticchi, Davide; Verdier, Thierry; Vindigni, Andrea - 2013

individual commitment across citizens to defend democracy against a potential military coup, and it is an endogenous state … and the state. Parents invest resources in order to transmit their own political values (commitment to democracy) to their … between political regimes and political culture diffusion. Consolidated democracy emerges when sufficiently many people are …

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God does not play dice, but people should : random selection in politics, science and society

Frey, Bruno S.; Steiner, Lasse - 2014

This paper discusses and proposes random selection as a component in decision-making in society. Random procedures have played a significant role in history, especially in classical Greece and the medieval city-states of Italy. We examine the important positive features of decisions by random...

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The democratic window of opportunity : evidence from riots in sub-Saharan Africa

Aidt, Toke; Leon, Gabriel - 2014

We show that drought-induced changes in the intensity of riots lead to moves towards democracy in sub-Saharan Africa …

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Suffrage, labour markets and coalitions in colonial virginia

Nikolova, Elena; Nikolova, Milena - 2016

We study Virginia's suffrage from the early 17th century until the American Revolution using an analytical narrative and econometric analysis of unique data on franchise restrictions. First, we hold that suffrage changes reflected labour market dynamics. Indeed, Virginia’s liberal institutions...

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Democratic redistribution and rule of the majority

Corneo, Giacomo; Neher, Frank - 2014

quality of democracy. However, there is a non-negligible share of democracies that implement a minority-backed amount of …

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Political inclusion and democracy in Africa : some empirical evidence

Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2021

This study investigates: (i) the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP) and economic growth dynamics, and (ii) the relevance of value added from three economic sectors in modulating the established effect of FDI on TFP and economic growth dynamics. The...

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(Successful) democracies breed their own support

Acemoglu, Daron; Ajzenman, Nicolas; Aksoy, Cevat Giray; … - 2021

and surveys, we show that individuals with longer exposure to democracy display stronger support for democratic … and focusing on immigrants' exposure to democracy before migration. In all cases, the timing and nature of the effects are …

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The political costs of oil price shocks

Arezki, Rabah; Djankov, Simeon; Nguyen, Ha; Yotzov, Ivan - 2022

We explore the effect of oil import price shocks on political outcomes using a worldwide dataset on elections of chief executives. Oil import price shocks cause a reduction in the odds of reelection of incumbents, an increase in media chatter about fuel prices, and an increase in non-violent...

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