This Working Paper deals with the progresses, but also with the deficiencies, of the Cuban revolution in the economic … field, until the recent de-dollarization. It underlines its economic challenges at the beginning of the XXIst century, as …

, of the Cuban revolution in the economic field, until the recent de-dollarization. It underlines its economic challenges …

whether democracy needs development for its own consolidation. We use a sample of all nine countries that re-democratised in … that income, or development in general, plays a positive role in "sustaining" democracy. Moreover, the exogenous version of … are not able to provide any concrete evidence in favour of it. Essentially, we suggest that a certain level of development …

economic development. This paper takes a new approach toprovide an answer by using micro-data based on surveys of revolutionary … fixed effects, more freedom and economic growth bothreduce revolutionary support. Losing one level of freedom, equivalent to … requires adding 14 percentage points onto the GDP growth rate. BeingMuslim in a free country has no effect on the probability …

positively affected Latin American economic growth in this period, while the determinants traditionally put forward in the … empirical growth literature, such as technical change and openness, did not. Finally, the positive correlation between the …

positively aected Latin American economic growth in this period, while the determinants traditionally put forward in the … empirical growth literature, such as technical change and openness, did not. Finally, the positive correlation between the …

This paper presents a growth model in which property rights are insecure and costly to enforce. Losses of property … demonstrates that government expenditures that enforce property rights raise per capita income growth. …