01216pab a2200157 454500008003600000100002200036245006100058362003000119520072500149650001500874650002500889773004100914909001000955999001700965952007600982180718b   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aHelliwell John F.  aEmpirical linkages between democracy and economic growth  a24(2), Apr 1994, p.225-48  aUsing cross-sectional and pooled data for up to 125 countries over the period from 1960 to 1985.This article evaluates the two-way linkages between democracy and economic growth. The effects of imcome on democracy are found to be robust and positive. The effects of several measures of democracy and personal freedoms on growth are assessed in a comparative growth framework in which growth of GDP per adult depends negatively on initial income levels, as implied by the convergence hypothesis, and positively on rates of investment in physical and human capital. Adjusting for the simultaneous determination of income and democracy make the estimated partial effect of democracy on subsequent economic growth negative b  a Democracy  aEconomic Development  aBritish Journal of Political Science  a27253  c27253d27253  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19pAR27355r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR