Economic Growth and the Rise of Democracy: Does Development Increase Political Freedom?

• In Event: Making Development Work (or Not)

Brief Overview

We investigate the correlations between economic growth and political freedom in select OECD and non-OECD countries using a Granger causality analysis. We expect that economic growth would more likely lead to greater political freedom.

Authors

• Kris Aaron Beck, Gordon State College

• Prathibha Joshi, Gordon State College