Existing studies establish a strong cross-country correlation between income and
democracy but do not control for factors that simultaneously affect both variables. We show …

Contrary to a widespread perception, there exists little evidence on the question as to
whether the beneficial effect of democracy on the quality of economic institutions is eroded …

This book examines the conditions under which new democracies succeed or fail in
establishing firm and lasting civilian control of the military. David Kuehn and Aurel Croissant …

Örgütsel hedeflere ulaşmanın yolunun çalışanların performanslarını arttırmaktan geçtiği
birçok çalışmada ifade edilmektedir. Bu sebeple birçok araştırma, çalışan performansını …

This article's point of departure is that low‐quality institutions, concentration of political
power and material wealth, and underdevelopment are persistent over time. Its analytical …

This article studies the endogenous evolution of economic and political institutions and the
interdependencies with the process of economic development. Favourable economic …

This paper examines the Faustian dynamics of policy and power. We posit a general class of
dynamic games in which current policies affect the future distribution of political power …

This paper examines endogenous institutional change in a class of dynamic political games.
The political aggregation rules used at date t+ 1 are instrumental choices under rules at date …

This paper summarizes the current state of the theoretical and empirical debate on the
potential effect of economic inequality on the odds of democratization. This debate is …

This paper shows that ethnic diversity within the disenfranchised majority is a strong
correlate of the incidence of violence during democratization. We study the relationship …