The Relationship Between Globalization and State Capitalism - Trade Liberalization, Financial Repression and Authoritarian Regimes

• In Event: Political Economy of Liberalization

Brief Overview

I formalize the trade-offs of the “Dictator’s Dilemma” in economic liberalization and show that conditional on a country’s level of autocracy, trade openness can increase financial repression and thereby strengthen a country's level of autocracy.

Author

• Russell Cui, Independent Researcher