This article takes a novel look at the relationship between government activity, partisan preferences and varieties of capitalism....

The literature on economic systems and corresponding empirical studies have largely focused on a classification for developed...

Most studies on the relationship between public debt and economic growth implicitly assume homogeneous debt effects across their...

The literature on economic systems and corresponding empirical studies have largely focused on a classification for developed...

This paper reconsiders the policy trilemma in an open economy by incorporating political economy concerns. We argue that the impact of...

In order to identify convergence patterns among the group of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) we analyze clusters of...

This study investigates the role of government activity in economic growth, arguing that economic systems are important and that,...

We argue that the literature on government size suffers from neglecting the role of governance both as a driving and a limiting factor...

This study investigates the role of government activity in economic growth, arguing that economic systems are important and that,...

In order to identify convergence patterns among the group of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) we analyze clusters of...

The purpose of our paper is to contribute to the literature on autocracy promotion by analyzing Central Asia as the most-likely case,...

Russia and China are assumed to challenge democratization and to promote autocracy. In a first step, we analyze Central Asia as the...

The effectiveness of NATO conditionality for institutional reforms is highly controversial. Some papers argue that any effect this...

The effectiveness of NATO conditionality for institutional reforms is highly controversial. Some papers argue that any effect this...

This paper investigates the effects of oil-financed public investment on economic growth and poverty reduction using a dynamic...