Governance, Demokratie undwirtschaftliche Entwicklung in denehemals sozialistischen Staaten

Following the collapse of the socialist systems the countries of Middle- and Eastern Europefollowed their way to democracy and a market economy with different speed and sequencing.The related political-economy issues gave rise to an ongoing debate on the question as towhether the introduction of democracy in view of comprehensive economic reforms may betterbe delayed. After some theoretical considerations around governance, democracy, andreforms an overview of empirical studies on the relation of democracy and the level (or rate ofgrowth) of GDP per capita is presented in this paper.[...]