Economic Liberalization and State Repression: The Role of Elite Dynamics and State Capacity

• In Event: Political Economy of Liberalization

Brief Overview

Foreign economic liberalization leads to higher levels of repression when state capacity is low. We explain this outcome by a conflict between the rising and the old elites. We test our theory using observational data and find strong support for it.

Authors

• Valery Dzutsati, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

• Haeyong Lim, Sungshin Women's University