The paper examines the relation between political participation and the size of regions taking German counties as … observational units. The paper makes several contributions to the literature. To begin with, we measure political participation … local level. In addition, we fill a research gap because the issue of size and democracy has not been systematically …

economies. The framework developed predicts a negative relationship between the degree of direct democracy and the size of the … quantitatively important; the results are robust and also depend on the interaction of direct democracy with other political …

Does democracy promote economic development? This paper reviews recent attempts to address this question that exploited … explain why presidential democracy leads to faster growth than parliamentary democracy. Third, it is important to distinguish … growth effect of democracy. …

This paper empirically analyzes the joint impact of democracy and press freedom on corruption. Based in the theoretical …

their geopolitical state after Russia’s attack on Ukraine. It was the Gallup democracy, which launched the political moves …

that Chinese aid poses a challenge to conditional aid, thus weakening democracy promotion. This study aims to deepen our … Survey, we use an instrumental variable approach to test the effect of Chinese aid on attitudes toward democracy in 18 Latin … democracy. We also find that individuals who have a positive attitude towards China are more likely to value democracy. In …

in the World Values Survey, and democracy, all of which are good for growth as reflected in the purchasing power of per …