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We develop a dynamic model in which a group collectively bargains with an external party. At each date the group makes an offer to the external party (the 'agent') in exchange for a concession. Group members hold heterogeneous preferences over agreements and are uncertain about the agent's...
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The Arab Spring has led to very different outcomes across the Arab world. I present a highly stylized model of the Arab Spring to better understand these differences. In this model, dictators from the ethnic or religious majority group concede power if their country is oil-poor, but can stay in...
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This paper develops a new model of trade policy under dictatorship and democratization. The paper makes two … is to show how a dictatorship can manipulate trade policy to maintain its grip on power in the face of permanent world …
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terrorism correlates in distinct types of terrorism. -- terrorism ; ideology ; political motivations ; left-wing terrorism …A unique dataset is used to separately analyze the social origins of left-wing and nationalist-separatist terrorism in … types of ideologically or ethnically motivated terrorism make it plausible that they respond differently to specific social …
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protection policies depends on socio-cultural factors and political ideology. Unlike most related studies for other countries, we …, we find that some of the respondents' psychological traits are not filtered through their political ideology but directly …
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, in order to mitigate concerns over selectivity of terrorism in particular areas. I empirically show that both terrorism … compare such political changes after successful attacks to those after failed attacks of the same type. I find that post-terrorism … acquisition as alternative explanations. This paper first empirically analyzes the driver of the rally effect of terrorism by …
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for a contagion effect. -- Assassinations ; rational choice ; governance ; democracy ; dictatorship ; deterrence …
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. -- beauty ; elections ; political candidates ; appearance ; ideology ; parties …
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. -- differentiated candidates ; policy divergence ; ideology …
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-Nazi radio broadcast following Hitler's appointment as German chancellor. During the consolidation of dictatorship, radio …
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