@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp7156,
            	author={Giuliano, Paola and Nunn, Nathan},
            	title={The Transmission of Democracy: From the Village to the Nation-State},
            	year={2013},
	month={Jan},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={7156},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp7156},
	abstract={We provide evidence that a history of democracy at the local level is associated with contemporary democracy at the national level. Auxiliary estimates show that a tradition of local democracy is also associated with attitudes that favor democracy, with better quality institutions, and higher level of economic development.},
	keywords={democracy;local institutions;historical persistence},
            }