Democracy and redistribution
- C. Boix
- Economics, Political Science
- 2003
Introduction 1. A theory of political transitions 2. Empirical evidence 3. Historical evidence 4. Theoretical extensions: a. Growth, trade, and democracy b. Political institutions 5. Democracy and…
Are You Being Served?: Political Accountability and Quality of Government
- Alícia Adserà, C. Boix, Mark Payne
- Political Science, Economics
- 1 November 2000
This paper explores, both formally and empirically, the political accountability mechanisms that lie behind the varying levels of public corruption and of effective governance taking place across…
A Complete Data Set of Political Regimes, 1800–2007
- C. Boix, Michael Miller, Sebastian Rosato
- Economics
- 1 December 2013
This article updates and describes a widely used data set on democracy. Covering 1800–2007 and 219 countries, it represents the most comprehensive dichotomous measure of democracy currently…
Setting the Rules of the Game: The Choice of Electoral Systems in Advanced Democracies
- C. Boix
- Political ScienceAmerican Political Science Review
- 1 September 1999
Looking at the history of democracies in the developed world, I show that electoral systems derive from the decisions the ruling parties make to maximize their representation according to the…
Endogenous Democratization
The authors show that economic development increases the probability that a country will undergo a transition to democracy. These results contradict the finding of Przeworski and his associates, that…
Trade, Democracy, and the Size of the Public Sector: The Political Underpinnings of Openness
- Alícia Adserà, C. Boix
- EconomicsInternational Organization
- 1 March 2002
Politics remains prominently absent in the literature showing that higher levels of trade integration lead to a larger public sector. As openness increases, the state, acting as a social planner,…
Political Parties, Growth and Equality: Conservative and Social Democratic Economic Strategies in the World Economy
- C. Boix
- Economics
- 1998
1. Introduction 2. Political parties and the structural conditions of the economy 3. Supply-side economic strategies in a comparative perspective (I). Public investment and the formation of human…
Social Capital: Explaining Its Origins and Effects on Government Performance
- C. Boix, Daniel N. Posner
- Political ScienceBritish Journal of Political Science
- 1 October 1998
With the rise of analytical or positive approaches to the study of politics over the last three decades, the collective action problem has emerged as one of the central concepts in political science.…
Democracy, Development, and the International System
- C. Boix
- Political ScienceAmerican Political Science Review
- 1 November 2011
Resolving a controversy on the relationship of development to democratization, this article expands the time period under study with panel data running from the early nineteenth century (a time where…
The Oxford handbook of comparative politics
PART I. INTRODUCTION PART II. THEORY AND METHODOLOGY PART III. STATES AND STATE FORMATION: POLITICAL CONSENT PART IV. POLITICAL REGIMES AND TRANSITIONS PART V. POLITICAL INSTABILITY, POLITICAL…
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