Direct confrontation between majority rule (MR) and the most in-depth studied scoring rules - the Borda rule (BR) and the plurality rule (PR) - on the basis of their fundamental weaknesses (violating one of the two principles: majoritarianism and suitable recognition of preference intensity) has...

The relationship between the distribution of political rights and that of economic resources has been studied both theoretically and empirically. This paper reviews the exsisting literature and, in particular, the available empirical evidence. Our reading of the literature suggests that formal...

While standard political economy theories suggest a moderating effect of democratization on income inequality, empirical literature has failed to incover any such robust relationship. Here we take yet another look at this issue arguing first, that prevailing ideology may be an important...

Ideology, as proxied by a country's dominant religion, seems to be related to inequality. In Judeo-Christian societies increased democratization appears to lead to lower inequality; in Muslim and Confucian societies it has an insignificant effect. One reason for this difference may be that...