interpersonal income comparisons, and thereby tends to increases the desire for pro-social legislation, a position he supports by … from the World Values Survey that measures an individual’s taste for government responsibility, which we interpret as a … growth rate and negatively related to the change in income inequality. We conclude by discussing the implications of these …

the level of democracy in targeted authoritarian countries. Given this finding, it is puzzling that democratization has … democratization in targeted countries since the end of the Cold War and asks whether “democratic sanctions,” those that explicitly aim …

case studies — the wave of democratic transitions after World War I, and the fascist wave of the late interwar period. In …

democratic transition over a long time horizon. We use historical time series of income, education and democracy levels from 1870 … to a weaker extent per capita income levels, are strong determinants of the quality of political institutions. We find … little evidence of causality running the other way, from democracy to income or education …

effect of democratic transitions results from regime change as opposed to democratization. We identify over 100 transitions … from democratization …