Browsing by Author "Gerring, John"

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    • A General Theory of Power Concentration: Demographic Influences on Political Organization 

      Gerring, John; Jaeger, Jillian; Maguire, Matthew (2016)
      Why is the exercise of political power highly concentrated in some polities and widely dispersed in others? We argue that one persistent causal factor is demographic. Populous polities are characterized by more concentrated ...

    • Do Political Finance Laws Reduce Corruption? 

      Hummel, Calla; Gerring, John; Burt, Thomas (2018)
      Most countries regulate political finance and many offer public subsidies to political parties or candidates. Proponents of political finance regulations claim that public money reduces corruption in politics, while opponents ...

    • Economic Development and Democracy: An Electoral Connection 

      Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Gerring, John; Skaaning, Svend-Erik; Teorell, Jan; Maguire, Matthew; Coppedge, Michael; Lindberg, Staffan I. (2015)
      This study takes a new tack on the question of modernization and democracy, focused on the outcome of theoretical interest. We argue that economic development affects the electoral component of democracy but has minimal ...

    • Electoral Contestation: A Comprehensive Polity-Level Analysis 

      Gerring, John; Hicken, Allen; Weitzel, Daniel; Cojocaru, Lee (2018)
      The study of electoral contestation generally focuses on districts or regions rather than polities. We present a new dataset that measures electoral contestation through historical records of elections in sovereign and ...

    • Electoral Democracy and Human Development 

      Gerring, John; Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Skanning, Svend-Erik; Teorell, Jan; Coppedge, Michael; Lindberg, Staffan I.; Maguire, Matthew (2015)
      This study attempts to reconcile competing positions in the debate over whether democracy improves human development by showing that some aspects of democracy – but not others – affect human development. Specifically, we ...

    • Global Democracy for Europeans: A Demographic Story 

      Gerring, John; Apfeld, Brendan (2018)
      Insofar as democracy is a product of long-term diffusion, scholars generally focus on colonialism (especially English) or religion (especially Protestant). Here, we focus on a third pathway from Europe – Europeans. We show ...

    • Harbors and Democracy 

      Gerring, John; Wig, Tore; Forø Tollefsen, Andreas; Apfeld, Brendan (2018)
      Although geography is widely viewed as an important factor in long-term development, little attention has been paid to its role in democratization. This study focuses on the possible impact of a feature of littoral geography: ...

    • Introducing the Historical Varieties of Democracy Dataset: Political Institutions in the Long 19th Century 

      Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Teorell, Jan; Cornell, Agnes; Gerring, John; Gjerløw, Haakon; Skaaning, Svend-Erik; Wig, Tore; Ziblatt, Daniel; Marquardt, Kyle L.; Pemstein, Dan; Seim, Brigitte (2018)
      The Historical Varieties of Democracy Dataset (Historical V-Dem) is a new dataset containing about 260 indicators, both factual and evaluative, describing various aspects of political regimes and state institutions. The ...

    • Local Democracy and Economic Growth 

      Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Gerring, John; Skaaning, Svend-Erik (2016)
      Theoretical work on the institutional sources of economic growth regards decentralization and democracy in a positive light. Despite this, empirical work shows that neither fiscal decentralization nor national democracy ...

    • Party Strength and Economic Growth 

      Bernhard, Michael; Bizzarro, Fernando; Coppedge, Michael; Gerring, John; Hicken, Allen; Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Lindberg, Staffan I.; Skaaning, Svend-Erik (2015-09)
      This study argues that strong parties play a critical role in fostering economic development. The theory explores how parties broaden the constituencies to which policy makers respond and help politicians to solve coordination ...

    • Regimes and Industrialization 

      Gerring, John; Gjerløw, Haakon; Henrik Knutsen, Carl (2020-04)
      A large literature addresses the impact of regimes on domestic policies and outcomes, e.g., education, health, inequality, redistribution, public spending, wages, infrastructure, volatility, productivity, and economic ...

    • V-Dem Comparisons and Contrasts with Other Measurement Projects 

      Coppedge, Michael; Gerring, John; Lindberg, Staffan I.; Skaaning, Svend-Erik; Teorell, Jan (2017)
      For policymakers, activists, academics, and citizens around the world the conceptualization and measurement of democracy matters. The needs of democracy promoters and social scientists are convergent. We all need better ...