A large body of scholarship finds a negative relationship between natural resources and
democracy. Extant cross-country regressions, however, assume random effects and are run …

This chapter develops a unified analytical framework, drawing on and extending the existing
literature on the subject, for studying the role of property rights in economic development. It …

The History of Mexico: From Pre-Conquest to Present traces the last 500 years of Mexican
history, from the indigenous empires that were devastated by the Spanish conquest through …

This article exploits variations in the timing and size of oil discoveries to identify the impact of
oil wealth on democracy. I find that discovering 100 billion barrels of oil (approximately the …

Developed countries are the exception, not the rule. Billions of dollars of aid and countless
hours of advice notwithstanding, most countries have not been able to foster sustained …

This book is the first comprehensive and systematic English-language treatment of Mexico's
economic history to appear in nearly forty years. Drawing on several years of in-depth …

Markets rest upon institutions. The development of market-based exchange relies on the
support of two institutional pillars that are, in turn, shaped by the development of markets …

This article discusses authoritarian government, and argues that the literature on
authoritarianism can be integrated into a unified framework that explains variance in …

This paper digs into the relationship between armed and civil conflicts and oil prices. If
conflicts threaten oil supply reliability, even if disruption does not actually occur, this should …

For decades, free trade was advocated as the vehicle for peace, prosperity, and democracy
in an increasingly globalized market. More recently, the proliferation of foreign direct …