This article assesses the utility of selectorate theory as a tool for understanding authoritarian
politics. We start by discussing the intellectual history of the selectorate concept and its …

How do domestic institutions affect autocratic leaders' decisions to initiate military conflicts?
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, I argue that institutions in some kinds of dictatorships …

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Selectorate theory proposes that authoritarian regimes supply fewer public goods than
democracies. Smaller winning coalitions make it less costly for autocracies to maintain …

This article investigates the role of political competition in explaining de facto judicial
independence in non‐democratic regimes. It argues that the electoral, political insurance …

What distinguishes the militarized territorial disputes that escalate to war from those that do
not? Although research has clearly established that territorial conflicts are especially war …

This chapter provides a history and overview of the empirical methods to study temporal
aspects of political elites' careers. Building on ideas developed by Jean Blondel and others …

This book addresses a range of issues surrounding the search for scientific truths in the
study of international conflict and international political economy. Unlike empirical studies in …

Objective We develop a new measure for selectorate's theory central concept, winning
coalition size, using indicators developed by the V‐Dem project. Methods To demonstrate …

Recent research concludes fighting or losing an interstate war is not costlier for democratic
leaders than dictators, which implies most of our institutional explanations for differences in …