Does State-Sponsored Violence Lead to Democratic Erosion? Experimental Evidence from the Philippines

• In Event: Democracy, Norms, and Public Opinion

Brief Overview

Drawing on a novel list experiment conducted in Metro Manila and nearby areas, we find a plausible inflation of the support for both Rodrigo Duterte and his anti-drug campaign by about 30-40 percentage points.

Authors

• Sol Iglesias, University of the Philippines Diliman

• Chao-yo Cheng, Birkbeck, University of London