non-democracy to democracy, alters the distribution of de jure political power, but the elite can intensify their … the elite in democracy or for costs of changing economic institutions, the equilibrium takes the form of a Markov regime …We construct a model of simultaneous change and persistence in institutions. The model consists of landowning elites …

selectorate in specific instances of successful autocracy. We also show that, consistent with the theory, leadership turnover in … is not too dependent on a specific leader being in office. The paper looks empirically at spells of autocracy to …

democracy disappears once including country fixed effects. This paper tests the hypothesis that the effect of income on … democracy might differ systematically across countries. A replication of the estimation in a less restrictive empirical … framework provides evidence for significant but heterogeneous effects of income on democracy for former colonies and non …

equal. The theory focuses on the economic incentives that led landowners to resist growth enhancing educational expenditure …

. The prediction of the theory regarding the adverse effect of the concentration of land ownership on education expenditure …

the process of development. A simple general equilibrium model of rent-seeking political elites with two productive … entry into politics and how the size of the elite affects the level of distortions. The model also highlights the role …

not driven by knowledge or experience. Several pieces of evidence suggest that locals cater to low-level provincial elites …