Why do some countries fall apart, often along their ethnic fault lines, while others have held
together over decades and centuries, despite governing an equally diverse population …

In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution, and inequality.
We first explain the theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution …

Dictatorship is not what it was once. Military and single-party regimes have been withering
away. Today, most dictators organize multiparty elections. The Politics of Uncertainty …

Economists have identified the existence of a middle-income (MI) trap but have yet to
analyze the politics of this trap. The authors argue that countries in the MI trap face two major …

Why do some autocracies remain stable while others collapse? This article presents a
theoretical framework that seeks to explain the longevity of autocracies by referring to three …

A growing body of research suggests that authoritarian regimes are responsive to societal
actors, but our understanding of the sources of authoritarian responsiveness remains limited …

El libro traduce un ejercicio que mezcla la economía comparada con el análisis histórico,
especialmente centrado en el carácter de las instituciones, las condiciones políticas y las …

Some in the social sciences argue that the same logic applies to both qualitative and
quantitative methods. In A Tale of Two Cultures, Gary Goertz and James Mahoney …

In May 2007, the relatively unknown Brazilian firm JBS acquired Coloradobased Swift &
Company for $1.4 billion and suddenly became the largest beef pro cessing company in the …