A note on democratization: does history still matter?

Kevin Sylwester

Applied Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 16, issue 8, 785-789

Abstract: This article examines associations between historical factors and whether or not autocratic regimes in 1972 later democratized after controlling for current characteristics. Many historical factors are not relevant, although European influence as measured by the fraction of the population speaking a western European language is an exception and is positively associated with democratization.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/13504850701221980

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