We consider the empirical relevance of two opposing hypotheses on the causality between income and democracy: The … Democratic Transition claims that rising incomes cause a transition to democracy, whereas the Critical Junctures hypothesis … present international income differences have roots in the prehistoric past. Thus, we use prehistoric measures of biogeography …

We consider the empirical relevance of two opposing hypotheses on the causality between income and democracy: The … Democratic Transition claims that rising incomes cause a transi¬ tion to democracy, whereas the Critical Junctures hypothesis … present international income differences have roots in the prehistoric past. Thus, we use prehistoric measures of biogeography …

We consider the empirical relevance of two opposing hypotheses on the causality between income and democracy: The … Democratic Transition claims that rising incomes cause a transi¬tion to democracy, whereas the Critical Junctures hypothesis … present international income differences have roots in the prehistoric past. Thus, we use prehistoric measures of biogeography …

We consider the empirical relevance of two opposing hypotheses on the causality between income and democracy: The … Democratic Transition claims that rising incomes cause a transition to democracy, whereas the Critical Junctures hypothesis … present international income differences have roots in the prehistoric past. Thus, we use prehistoric measures of biogeography …

democratic political system. This is shown by using the Gastil democracy index from Freedom House. First, the basic pattern of … correlations reveals that a good deal of the short- to medium-run causality appears to be from democracy to income. Then a set of … extreme biogeographic instruments is used to demonstrate that the long-run causality is from income to democracy. The long …

Measures of corruption and income are highly correlated across countries. We use prehistoric measures of biogeography …

democratic political system. This is shown by using the Gastil democracy index from Freedom House. First, the basic pattern of … correlations reveals that a good deal of the short- to medium-run causality appears to be from democracy to income. Then a set of … extreme biogeographic instruments is used to demonstrate that the long-run causality is from income to democracy. The long …

Measures of corruption and income are highly correlated across countries. We use prehistoric measures of biogeography …

the long-run and the short- to medium-run effects. -- Paths of development ; democracy ; biogeography … democratic political system. This is shown by using the Gastil democracy index from Freedom House. First, the basic pattern of … correlations reveals that a good deal of the short- to medium-run causality appears to be from democracy to income. Then a set of …

democratic political system. This is shown by using the Gastil democracy index from Freedom House. First, the basic pattern of … correlations reveals that a good deal of the short- to medium-run causality appears to be from democracy to income. Then a set of … extreme biogeographic instruments is used to demonstrate that the long-run causality is from income to democracy. The long …