intermediate democracy level. For more evolved democracies, further democratization may impact growth negatively, negligibly or …This paper attempts to model the relationship between economic growth and democratization, with an emphasis on non …-linearities. I adopt and explore the concept of “political capital” as a measure of democracy, which is extremely uncommon in the …

This paper develops a new model of trade policy under dictatorship and democratization. The paper makes two …

democratization have largely downplayed the moderating role of the crucial variables such as "political culture" (Kulturstaat) and … "electoral governance" in explaining democratization processes in developing countries. As a result, explanations of the patterns … guide for the empirical work of scholars and policy-makers in the field of electoral governance and democratization …

An influential body of scholarship has associated both democracy and democratization with civil war. Important findings … include the so-called inverted U-shaped relationship between democracy-levels and civil war onset and that propensity for … new, fine-grained data from the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project. We discuss how the new data can be used to …

democratization of credit from the point of view of economic efficiency or political prudence, but rather to provide a much needed … true of government-driven credit-democratization - specifically, whether it violates the rights of the lenders compelled to …

Survey data from more than 75,000 people in 53 countries across the world (2011-2014) and international democracy indices, we …

, building democracy in war-torn and corrupt states has offered hope for addressing key problems such as corruption and … ineffectiveness.For practical purposes, democracy assistance has generally taken a two-part approach: (1) holding free and fair … elections and (2) developing the broader functional perquisites of democracy, including a strong civil society, rule of law …