Includes bibliographical references & index

XI. Preface -- XV. Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 A basic puzzle -- 1.3 An analytical structure -- 1.4 Outline of the book -- 2. The fundamental opltiical environment for economic growth -- 2.1 The basic model -- 2.2 A theoretical discussion -- 2.3 Some casual observations -- 2.4 Summary and policy implications -- 3. Measuring political freedom, stability and certainty -- 3.1 Political freedom and liberal democracy -- 3.2 Political stability / Instability -- 3.3 Policy certainty /uncertainty -- 3.4 Joint examination of Freedom, stability, and certainty -- 4. Testing the political determinants of long-run economic growth -- 4.1 Methodology -- 4.2 The statistical model -- 4.3 Empirical results -- 4.4 Continental effects -- 4.5 A case study: Thailand -- 4.6 Summary and policy implications -- 5. Democracy, stability, and growth: A simultaneous approach -- 5.1 A simultaneous-equations model -- 5.2 Data and specification -- 5.3 Empirical analysis: Three sets of nested relationships -- 5.4 Summary and policy implications -- 6. Political institutions and inflation: An evaluation of three models -- 6.1 Political freedom, stability, and capacity: three models -- 6.2 Preliminary empirical evidence -- 6.3 Model specification and data -- 6.4 Empirical evidence -- 6.5 Summary and policy implications -- 7. Political institutions and private investments -- 7.1 The political environment of private investment -- 7.2 Specification and data -- 7.3 Empirical evidence: domestic private investment -- 7.4 Empirical evidence: foreign direct investment -- 7.5 Summary and policy implications -- 8. The political economy of Human-Capital Accumulation -- 8.1 Political systems, Political stability, and human capital -- 8.2 Measurement of human capital -- 8.3 Some preliminary data on education and democracy -- 8.4 Model specification -- 8.5 Empirical analysis -- 8.6 Summary and policy implications -- 9. Democracy and income inequality reconsidered -- 9.1 Theories and findings on democracy and income distribution -- 9.2 Measurement issues -- 9.3 Model specification -- 9.4 Empirical evidence -- 9.5 Summary and policy implications -- 10. Politicall freedom and economic freedom -- 10.1 Definitions and examples -- 10.2 Literature review -- 10.3 Method and data-- 10.4 Empirical results -- 10.5 A case study: Indonesia -- 10.6 Summary and policy implications -- 11. Births and politics -- 11.1 Literature review -- 11.2 A political economic model -- 11.3 Empirical results -- 11.4 A case study: China -- 11.5 Summary and policy implications -- 12. Conclusions -- 12.1 Summaries of major findings -- 12.2 Some policy implications -- 12.3 Related and future research