normative theory would suggest. This paper offers a political economy explanation. Under different rules, even if the observable …

develops and tests a theory to explain elite support for democratization. As such, it makes several theoretical and empirical …, some economic elites have at times supported democratization, leading to deep elite divisions in struggles over regime type … preferences over democratization in Argentina, we might expect the theory to also hold in contexts where economic elites are even …

allows the elite to make credible commitments of future income redistribution in favor of the citizens, while a limited … evidence consistent with our theory is also provided. -- Autocracy ; democracy ; wars ; redistribution … aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of …