Lopez Cordova, Ernesto; Meissner, Christopher M. - 2021
We study whether international trade fosters democracy. The likely endogeneity between democracy and trade is addressed … causal impact of openness on democratization. A positive impact of openness on democracy is apparent from about 1895 onwards …, Russia or Venezuela to be as democratic as the US, Great Britain or France. We also see some variation in the impact of …