Current scholarship on elections in authoritarian regimes has focused on exploring the
relationship between elections and democratization, and it has generally used analytical …

The second half of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century have
witnessed an unprecedented expansion of one-party autocracies. One-party regimes have …

Why do some dictatorships establish institutions that may constrain their leaders? We argue
that institutions promote the survival of dictatorships by facilitating authoritarian power …

Recent scholarship argues that one solution to ensure longevity and economic growth in an
authoritarian regime is to co-opt potential opposition by offering them limited policy influence …

What explains private investment in autocracies, where institutions that discourage
expropriation in democracies are absent? We argue that institutionalized ruling parties allow …

This article discusses authoritarian government, and argues that the literature on
authoritarianism can be integrated into a unified framework that explains variance in …

While officials involved in graft, bribery, extortion, nepotism, or patronage typically like
keeping their deeds private, the fact that corruption can have serious effects in democracies …

Why is there so much alleged electoral fraud in new democracies? Most scholarship focuses
on the proximate cause of electoral competition. This article proposes a different answer by …

An influential literature has demonstrated that legislative transparency can improve the
performance of parliamentarians in democracies. In a democracy, the incentive for improved …

The literature on authoritarian institutions points to nationwide elections as a mechanism for
learning about the preferences of citizens. In using elections in this way, however …