| The effects of capital mobility, trade openness, and democracy on social spending in Latin America, 1980–1999 G Avelino, DS Brown, W Hunter American Journal of Political Science 49 (3), 625-641, 2005 | 557 | 2005 |
| The diffusion of democracy, 1946–1994 J O'loughlin, MD Ward, CL Lofdahl, JS Cohen, DS Brown, D Reilly, ... Annals of the Association of American Geographers 88 (4), 545-574, 1998 | 546 | 1998 |
| Democracy and social spending in Latin America, 1980–92 DS Brown, W Hunter American Political Science Review 93 (4), 779-790, 1999 | 476 | 1999 |
| Democracy and human capital formation: education spending in Latin America, 1980 to 1997 DS Brown, W Hunter Comparative Political Studies 37 (7), 842-864, 2004 | 374 | 2004 |
| The transforming power of democracy: regime type and the distribution of electricity DS Brown, AM Mobarak American Political Science Review 103 (2), 193-213, 2009 | 175 | 2009 |
| Reading, writing, and regime type: democracy'impact on primary school enrollment DS Brown Political Research Quarterly 52 (4), 681-707, 1999 | 173 | 1999 |
| Democracy, colonization, and human capital in sub-Saharan Africa DS Brown Studies in Comparative International Development 35, 20-40, 2000 | 135 | 2000 |
| Political polarization as a constraint on corruption: A cross-national comparison DS Brown, M Touchton, A Whitford World Development 39 (9), 1516-1529, 2011 | 131 | 2011 |
| World Bank directives, domestic interests, and the politics of human capital investment in Latin America W Hunter, DS Brown Comparative Political Studies 33 (1), 113-143, 2000 | 124 | 2000 |
| Land occupations and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon DS Brown, JC Brown, C Brown Land use policy 54, 331-338, 2016 | 73 | 2016 |
| Lingua mercatoria: Language and foreign direct investment M Kim, AH Liu, KL Tuxhorn, DS Brown, D Leblang International Studies Quarterly 59 (2), 330-343, 2015 | 71 | 2015 |
| Political competition and local social spending: evidence from Brazil C Boulding, DS Brown Studies in Comparative International Development 49, 197-216, 2014 | 69 | 2014 |
| The determinants of privatization in Latin America G Biglaiser, DS Brown Political Research Quarterly 56 (1), 77-89, 2003 | 69 | 2003 |
| Democracy, authoritarianism and education finance in Brazil DS Brown Journal of Latin American Studies 34 (1), 115-141, 2002 | 69 | 2002 |
| Democracy and gender inequality in education: a cross-national examination DS Brown British Journal of Political Science 34 (1), 137-152, 2004 | 67 | 2004 |
| Political polarization as a constraint on government: evidence from corruption DS Brown, M Touchton, AB Whitford World Development 39 (9), 2011 | 57 | 2011 |
| Who gives, who receives, and who wins? Transforming capital into political change through nongovernmental organizations DS Brown, JC Brown, SW Desposato Comparative Political Studies 41 (1), 24-47, 2008 | 57 | 2008 |
| The determinants of economic liberalization in Latin America G Biglaiser, DS Brown Political Research Quarterly 58 (4), 671-680, 2005 | 55 | 2005 |
| Do political parties matter for turnout? Number of parties, electoral rules and local elections in Brazil and Bolivia C Boulding, DS Brown Party Politics 21 (3), 404-416, 2015 | 42 | 2015 |
| Promoting and preventing political change through internationally funded NGO activity DS Brown, JC Brown, SW Desposato Latin American Research Review 42 (1), 126-138, 2007 | 42 | 2007 |
