We look at the effect of transparency on the incidence of costly back-scratching in a laboratory setting by … transparency. A plausible story that fits our results is that there may be two countervailing forces at play. First, more rapid … policy makers about the limits of transparency in curtailing "grey" types of corruption …

labor market information. The subsequent sections discuss complications regarding labor market transparency in the context … of international migration and public policy and policy implications regarding labor market transparency. A final section …

This paper investigates the role of violent civil conflicts during the process of democratization for the quality of … different groups may engage in violent conflict in order to become the ruler predicts a crucial role of the democratization … scenario. A peaceful democratization leads to democracies with a high degree of civil liberties, reflecting a social contract …

We study the process of endogenous democratization from inefficient oligarchic systems in an economy where … the conditions under which democratization initially takes place. The political regime and the extent of redistribution …

. Exploiting within-country variation to identify the effect of democratization during the 'Third Wave', we find evidence that the … effect of democratization is weaker than reported previously once one accounts for the incidence of conflict, while the … significantly reduce the incidence and onset of conflict, which suggests that part of the positive growth effect of democratization …

We study the role of trade liberalization, democratization and their interaction for technology adoption. A general … accelerate technology adoption if coupled with democratization but may lead to a slow down if these regime changes are imbalanced … variation and the heterogenous timing of openness and democratization. The results document the existence of robust positive …

government in Europe. Our results are suggestive of information transmission and cultural diffusion channels. Identification … directed both to more democratic Western Europe and to less democratic Russia …

reached, and whether, conversely, democratization is likely to be an obstacle to the acceptation of market liberalization. Our …