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A theory of informational autocracy
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Metadata
- Authors
- Guriev, S., & Treisman, D.
- Affiliations
- Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (FR)
- National Bureau of Economic Research (US)
- Corresponding author
- Guriev, Sergei
- Venue
- Journal of Public Economics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-06
- Volume
- 186
- Pages
- 104158
- ISSN
- 0047-2727 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2998692903
- Cited by
- 205
- References
- 82
- Citations by year
- 2026: 29 · 2025: 55 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 5
- FWCI
- 33.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Public Economics (acceptedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Influence and Politics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Theory and Democracy
- Keywords
- state propaganda, independent media, elite co-optation, political repression, regime change, soft authoritarianism, political modernization, democratic transition
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