Sources of Political Legitimacy in Democracy and Non-democracy, 2002-2016

• In Event: Democratic Attitudes II

Brief Overview

Using cross-national surveys and a group-level IRT model, we construct a dynamic measure of political legitimacy, and test relative importance of economic and institutional factors in shaping political legitimacy for democracies and non-democracies.

Authors

• Chengyuan Ji, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

• Junyan Jiang, Chinese University of Hong Kong