Yao, Yang - In: China economic quarterly international : CEQI 1 (2021) 1, pp. 72-83
Autocracies have diverse records of economic growth. This paper provides a theory of endogenous coalition formation to … explain economic performance in autocracy. The nature of the ruling coalition that the autocrat relies on to rule the society … ultimately determines economic performance. A stable ruling coalition has to be invasion-proof --- i.e., being able to resist …