Ross E. Burkhart|Michael S. Lewis?Beck
Comparative Democracy: The Economic Development Thesis
University of Iowa|University of Iowa
comparative politics established findingthat economic development fosters democratic performancehas recently come challenge counter challenge dynamic pooled time series analysis major neglected data set 131 nations final generalized least squaresautoregressive moving averages estimates n 2096 appear robust indicate strong economic development effects dependent part nations position world system first time rather hard evidence offered causal relationship economics democracy according granger tests economic development causes democracy democracy cause economic development overall various tests would seem advance sharply modeling democratic performance