Cutting the Net, Losing the Market? How Online Repression Shapes Investment Preferences

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Brief Overview

I study how state-ordered Internet shutdowns affect investor perceptions. Panel estimates indicate deteriorating investment climate, especially in less-democratic regimes. A preregistered conjoint and vignette test mechanisms and the risk signaling.

Author

• Seowon Oh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill