Authoritarian election as an incentive scheme
@article{Hong2020AuthoritarianEA, title={Authoritarian election as an incentive scheme}, author={H. Hong and T. Wong}, journal={Journal of Theoretical Politics}, year={2020}, volume={32}, pages={460 - 493} }
Authoritarian rule requires teamwork of political elites. However, elite class members may lack incentive for the contribution of their efforts. In this paper, we develop a model to study the decision of authoritarian rulers to introduce elections. Our model suggests that elections can motivate the ruling class to devote more effort to public good provision. As a result, elections alleviate the moral-hazard-in-teams problem within the authoritarian government. Excessive electoral control… CONTINUE READING
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