We study the selection of the political elite in an autocratic state. Using detailed CV data on potential politicians … asymmetric effects of being connected to the political elite: While being linked to the state's centre of power harms high … negative effect of being linked to the party leadership on individuals' probability to be part of the ruling elite is in line …

-economic model of an autocracy in which a ruling elite uses its political power to expropriate the general population. Although … financial integration reduces capital costs for entrepreneurs and thereby raises gross incomes in the private sector, the elite …