Add to ORKGWe propose a model where an autocrat rules over an ethnically divided society. The dictator carefully selects the tax rate over the subjects' production and the nation's natural resources to maximize his rent under the threat of a revolution. We show that it may be in the interest of a weak ruler to foster civil strife to enhance his taxing capacity. By exacerbating existing group antagonisms the leader weakens potential opposition, thereby allowing him to increase fiscal pressure. Important stocks of natural resources and an unequal distribution of these resources across ethnic groups makes this strategy more profitable for the ruler.status: publishe
Nondemocratic governments under the rule of weak institutions use repression against the opposition ...
Work in progress. Comments welcome. ABSTRACT. When an outside power gains control of a piece of terr...
We investigate how nondemocratic regimes use the military and how this can lead to the emergence of ...
We propose a model where an autocrat rules over an ethically divided society. The dictator carefully...
We propose a model where an autocrat rules over a divided society. The dictator carefully selects th...
We propose a model where an autocrat rules over an ethnically divided society. The dictator selects ...
We propose a model where weak rulers have incentives to let ethnically divided countries plunge in c...
We propose a model where weak rulers have incentives to let ethnically divided countries plunge in c...
We propose a model where an autocrat rules over an ethnically divided society. The dictator selects ...
This dissertation studies causes of civil war from a game theoretic perspective. It aims to understa...
Autocrats in many developing countries have extracted enormous personal rents from power. In additio...
Autocrats in many developing countries have extracted enormous personal rents from power. In additio...
Dictatorship has been the prevalent system of government for most of human history and is still entr...
Theoretical models on autocracies have long grappled with how to characterize and analyze state spon...
This research argues that in highly unequal societies, a rent-seeking and self-maximizing dictator m...
Nondemocratic governments under the rule of weak institutions use repression against the opposition ...
Work in progress. Comments welcome. ABSTRACT. When an outside power gains control of a piece of terr...
We investigate how nondemocratic regimes use the military and how this can lead to the emergence of ...
We propose a model where an autocrat rules over an ethically divided society. The dictator carefully...
We propose a model where an autocrat rules over a divided society. The dictator carefully selects th...
We propose a model where an autocrat rules over an ethnically divided society. The dictator selects ...
We propose a model where weak rulers have incentives to let ethnically divided countries plunge in c...
We propose a model where weak rulers have incentives to let ethnically divided countries plunge in c...
We propose a model where an autocrat rules over an ethnically divided society. The dictator selects ...
This dissertation studies causes of civil war from a game theoretic perspective. It aims to understa...
Autocrats in many developing countries have extracted enormous personal rents from power. In additio...
Autocrats in many developing countries have extracted enormous personal rents from power. In additio...
Dictatorship has been the prevalent system of government for most of human history and is still entr...
Theoretical models on autocracies have long grappled with how to characterize and analyze state spon...
This research argues that in highly unequal societies, a rent-seeking and self-maximizing dictator m...
Nondemocratic governments under the rule of weak institutions use repression against the opposition ...
Work in progress. Comments welcome. ABSTRACT. When an outside power gains control of a piece of terr...
We investigate how nondemocratic regimes use the military and how this can lead to the emergence of ...