The relationship between trade and environmental quality is a major controversial issue.
The paper intends to provide robust evidence and new insights into the discussion …

The interconnection between international organizations (IOs) membership and
democratization has become a topic of intense debate. However, the main focus of the …

The economic history of Argentina presents one of the most dramatic examples of
divergence in the modern era. What happened and why? This paper reviews the wide range …

While some believe that economic development prompts democratization, others contend
that both result from distant historical causes. Using the most comprehensive estimates of …

What determines the emergence and survival of democracy? The authors apply extreme
bounds analysis to test the robustness of fifty-nine factors proposed in the literature …

What causes democratic waves? This article puts forward a theory of institutional waves that
focuses on the effects of systemic transformations. It argues that abrupt shifts in the …

The Varieties of Democracy project (V-Dem) pioneered new ways to conceptualize and
measure democracy, producing a multidimensional and disaggregated data set on …

Does the political regime of a country influence its involvement in international trade? A
theoretical model that predicts that autocracies trade less than democracies is developed …

This book examines the conditions under which new democracies succeed or fail in
establishing firm and lasting civilian control of the military. David Kuehn and Aurel Croissant …

We study the relationship between participation in free trade agreements (FTAs) and the
sustainability of democracy. Our model shows that FTAs can critically reduce the incentive of …