Myanmar’s Democratic Transition

Budgeting in Hungary during the Democratic Transition

The transition to democracy and a free market economy in Hungary and other Central European nations has provided a unique opportunity to study rapid change in budget systems, institutions, and policies. This article examines budgeting in Hungary since 1989, beginning with an analysis of the comparative budgeting literature in an attempt to identify an appropriate theoretical framework for the s...

Micro black holes and the democratic transition

Unitarity implies that the evaporation of microscopic quasiclassical black holes cannot be universal in different particle species. This creates a puzzle, since it conflicts with the thermal nature of quasiclassical black holes, according to which all of the species should see the same horizon and be produced with the same Hawking temperatures. We resolve this puzzle by showing that for the mic...

An International Political Economy Theory of Democratic Transition

Note to WGAPE: I look forward to your feedback. This is my first attempt at a formal model, so I welcome any technical suggestions on that. I would also like to know your thoughts on how well the model relates to reality. I welcome suggestions on how to make it more realistic without making it too much more complicated (suggestions to make it both more realistic and simpler would be particularl...

Voting for Democracy: Campaign Effects in Chiles Democratic Transition

In a global context in which authoritarian regimes often hold elections, defeating dictators at the polls can play a key role in transitions to democracy. When the opposition is allowed to campaign for votes in such elections, there are strong reasons to believe that its efforts will be more persuasive than those of the authoritarian incumbent. This article examines the effect of televised camp...

The Role of the State in a ‘Democratic’ Transition: Cuba