Reconsidering the Rubber Stamp Thesis: A Consolidation Theory of Oil Expropriations and Legislatures in Party-based AutocraciesStudies in Comparative International Development - Tập 57 - Trang 249-270 - 2022
Paul Schuler, Chad Westerland
Growing conventional wisdom suggests that authoritarian legislatures prevent oil nationalizations in party-based regimes. However, country scholars and media outlets remain skeptical. We develop a theory aligning with the skeptics. We argue that oil expropriations and legislative closures are endogenous to the process of the consolidation of party-based autocracies. New authoritarian parties close...... hiện toàn bộ
Democracy’s effect on economic growth: A pooled time-series analysis, 1951–1980Studies in Comparative International Development - Tập 37 - Trang 3-33 - 2002
Charles Kurzman, Regina Werum, Ross E. Burkhart
The relationship between democracy and economic growth has concerned social scientists since the 17th century, but recent democracy movements make this question especially important today. Do poor countries face a cruel trade-off between democracy and growth? Do democracy and growth go together as a “win-win” proposition? Or is democracy irrelevant to growth? Using pooled annual time-series data f...... hiện toàn bộ
Violent Crime and Capital Market Punishment: How Violent Crime Affects the Supply of Debt to Municipal MexicoStudies in Comparative International Development - Tập 52 - Trang 483-509 - 2017
Allyson Lucinda Benton
Research shows that violent and organized crime reduces foreign direct investment and that armed conflict lowers sovereign credit ratings. Building on these insights, I argue that violent crime reduces financial institutions’ confidence in the capacity of governments to repay loans, raising the costs attached to loans, and reducing government debt through a “supply-side” logic. Yet, this logic is ...... hiện toàn bộ
Books in reviewStudies in Comparative International Development - Tập 25 - Trang 104-127 - 1990
Resat Kasaba, Lisa R. Peattie, David Scott Palmer, Vincent A. Mahler, John D. Holm, Robert Fatton, Ernest J. Wilson, Fred R. von der Mehden, Daniel W. Bromley, Merwyn R. Nelson, Dankwart A. Rustow, Karen L. Remmer