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Pascual Restrepo

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
pascual@mit.edu

Pascual is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at MIT, working on macro, labour, and political economy. His research interests include the impact of technology and structural change on labour markets and factor prices; effect of institutions and culture on social outcomes, and the process of institutional change; and crime, violence, corruption and illegal markets. Before MIT, he studied Math and Economics at Los Andes University in Bogota, Colombia, where he was born.

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Does democracy cause growth?

Many analysts view democracy as a neutral or negative factor for growth. This column discusses new evidence showing that democracy has a robust and sizeable pro-growth effect. It finds that a country ...

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