Economic Development / Economic Development

Economic Growth and the Rise of Democracy: Does Development Increase Political Freedom? - Kris Aaron Beck, Gordon State College; Prathibha Joshi, Gordon State College

Does Government Matter in the Formation of Social Capital? Exploring Variation in Social Capital across United States Counties - Michele M. Hoyman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jamie McCall, Carolina Small Business Development Fund; Austin Bussing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Mimi M Clemens, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Laurie Ellen Paarlberg, Texas A & M University-College Station

Making Democracy Work: A Case Of Moscow Residents - Igor Lvovich Shagalov, Higher School of Economics (Moscow); Alexander Rubin, HSE University

Dissecting the Natural Resource Literature: A New Data Set - Ruchan Kaya, Austin College; Renato Lima-de-Oliveira, Asia School of Business and MIT-Sloan

Svet Derderyan, University of Colorado Boulder