Kurt Annen, University of Guelph

Research

(1) Democratization in developing countries (2) Political party formation (3) Electoral volatility (4) Cost of political party formation (5) Economic Growth (6) Economic Development (7) Democratization and Foreign Aid

Latest funding

Democratization and Economic Growth
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$60,534

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Democratization and Economic Growth

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Annen, Kurt

Keywords: (1) Democratization in developing countries; (2) Political party formation; (3) Electoral volatility; (4) Cost of political party formation; (5) Economic Growth; (6) Economic Development; (7) Democratization and Foreign Aid

$60,534

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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