Do Transitions Spread? Impact of Transitions on Contiguous Party Politics

• In Event: New Perspectives on Democratization

Brief Overview

We focus on the impact of a contiguous democratic transition on polarization and use a DID design with staggered treatment adoption. We argue that polarization around democracy is decreased when a contiguous transition takes place.

Authors

• Ubeydullah Ademi, Northwestern University

• Firat Kimya, Swarthmore College