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Political Economy of COVID-19 Response in Autocracies: Evidence from Russian Regions

Thu, April 13, 1:15 to 2:45pm CDT (1:15 to 2:45pm CDT), TBA

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The study develops a theory of subnational responses to the global pandemic in autocracies and tests it on original data on anti-COVID measures in Russian regions, demonstrating that political incentives determined the stringency of policy response.

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