The strong negative link between democracy and output volatility documented by Rodrik (2000) and others stands in sharp … contrast to the lack of consensus on the democracy-growth relationship. To explain stable growth performance in democracies we … qualities of available policy alternatives are uncertain, greater democracy (i.e. decentralization of decision-making authority …

a market economy requires sustained restrictions on democracy – the rule of law, strong property rights, and enforcement … – make constitutions more likely to survive. Democratic theorists who value unfettered democracy but who also value … also less stable. Further, countermajoritarian provisions are often necessary to the instantiation of democracy as …

the inherent difficulty of planting democracy in so inhospitable a social environment as Iraq's. This paper examines the … society in making democracy work …

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 …

Regimes controlled by a rich elite often collapse and make way for democracy amidst widespread social unrest. Such … therefore be forced to choose between repression and the most generous concession, a transition to full democracy. …

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 …