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Comparing the Spread of Capitalism and Democracy

Comparing the Spread of Capitalism and Democracy

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Peter Leeson, Russel Sobel, Andrea Dean | Jan 01, 2012

The authors apply Leeson and Dean’s (2009) method for studying democratic dominoes to capitalist spillovers to compare the rates at which capitalism and democracy spread between countries. They find that capitalism and democracy spread at approximately the same modest rate.

Find the full article at Science Direct.