Peter Leeson, Andrea Dean
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Jul 15, 2009
According to the democratic domino theory, increases or decreases in democracy in one country spread and “infect” neighboring countries, increasing or decreasing their democracy in turn. Using spatial econometrics and panel data that covers over 130 countries between 1850 and 2000, this paper empirically investigates the democratic domino theory.
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Johan van der Walt, Karol Boudreaux
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Apr 01, 2009
In this Country Brief, Enterprise Africa! lead researcher Karol Boudreaux and program associate Johan van der Walt focus on three domestic policy issues that they believe are important to expanding…
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Johan van der Walt, Karol Boudreaux
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Mar 2009
As South Africa faces a new round of parliamentary elections in April 2009, the country confronts a host of difficult political challenges. This Mercatus on Policy provides recommendations for any…
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Christopher Coyne, Matt E. Ryan
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Sep 2008
Despite rhetoric supporting liberal values and institutions, the governments of developed countries provide continued development and military assistance to the world's worst…
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Christopher Coyne
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Aug 2008
The fatal conceit is the assumption the world can be shaped according to human desires. With the collapse of socialism, central planning has been discredited as a viable means of economic…
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Christopher Coyne, Peter J. Boettke
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Dec 2005
In this working paper, Boettke and Coyne argue that negative sanctions are unsuccessful and in many cases counter productive in reducing terrorism. Further, the authors postulate that efforts to…
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