16. Communist/Post-communist Countries

Daniel Maliniak, College of William and Mary

Understanding Coercive Institutions in Authoritarian Regimes: State Violence and Secret Police in Communist Albania - Ingrid Bego, Western Carolina University

The Making of Political Connections: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in China* - Tao Li, University of Macau; Kun Mo, University of Macau

Dark Side of Social Capital: Legislative Networks, Connectedness, and Corruption in Ukraine - Anastasiia Vlasenko, Florida State University

Leader Meetings and Trade Volume (the case of Russia since 2014) - Mikhail L Rybalko, Irkutsk State University

Daniel Maliniak, College of William and Mary

Lena M. Surzhko Harned, Pennsylvania State University