Machines of State: Government-linked Firms under Occupation

• In Event: Trust, Attribution, and Interference in Elections Around the World

Brief Overview

Firms may import politically aligned workers to influence elections when their access to capital depends on the ruling regime. Chile’s occupation of Peru provides evidence of these dynamics in the context of a planned plebiscite.

Authors

• Christopher Lee Carter, University of Virginia

• Daniel Willard Gingerich, University of Virginia, Main Campus