Government Revenue and The Common Agency of Repression: How Financial Principals Constrain the Leader's Use of Repression

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Human Rights

Brief Overview

In this paper, I use the common agency problem to explain government repression. Specifically, I consider the extent to which the sources that make up the government revenue influence the leader’s decision to use repression.

Author

• Kimberly R Fruge, Florida State University