(AC), have used financial aid from the Spanish Central Government and European Union institutions. This paper examines the … we suggest that when giving financial aid to promote specific economic aspects in an economy, Institutions should …

Citizens political participation to protests is a crucial issue for any political system, whether democratic or … autocratic. Political systems have different ways of dealing with citizens' protests, determining cost and benefit of public … this paper is to analyze causes and consequences of citizens' protests, focusing on how private and public information …

Autocratic regimes can use carrots and/or sticks to prevent being overthrown by protests. Carrots, i.e. resource … allocation, reduce the probability of protests, but cannot help to end them. Sticks, i.e. repression, reduce the probability that … protests overthrow the regime, but also decrease its popularity. Using a difference-in-differences approach, I show that …