• Gerring, John; Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Maguire, Matthew; Skaaning, Svend-Erik; Teorell, Jan; Coppedge, Michael (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    This study attempts to reconcile competing positions in an important debate about the relationship between regime type and human development. We contend that this empirical relationship is contingent upon issues of ...
  • Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Gerring, John; Skaaning, Svend-Erik; Teorell, Jan; Maguire, Matthew; Lindberg, Staffan; Coppedge, Michael (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Scholars continue to debate whether economic development affects regime type. This article argues that a clear relationship exists between development and the electoral component of democracy, but not – or at least less ...
  • Bizzarro, Fernando; Gerring, John; Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Hicken, Allen; Bernhard, Michael; Skaaning, Svend-Erik; Coppedge, Michael; Lindberg, Staffan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    While a large literature suggests an important role for political parties in development, this article is the first attempt to layout and test a comprehensive theory connecting parties to economic growth. The authors argue ...
  • Coppedge, Michael; Gerring, John; Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Krusell, Joshua; Medzihorsky, Juraj; Pernes, Josefine; Skaaning, Svend-Erik; Stepanova, Natalia; Teorell, Jan; Tzelgov, Eitan; Wilson, Steven L; Lindberg, Staffan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    This article describes and discusses the new generation of methodological responses to measuring democracy and related issues generated by Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem). V-Dem is distinct in several regards in addition ...