Undemocratic Political Economy
2018 WPSA Mini-Conference
March 29-31, San Francisco, CA
THURSDAY, MARCH 29
PANEL 1: 8:00-9:40 AM
Chair: Andrew Little
“The Political Economy of Governance Quality”
Mike Ting
Discussant: Ryan Hubert
"Chinese Propaganda Decreases Popular Protests"
Brett Carter and Erin Baggott Carter
Discussant: Maiting Zhuang
Break: 9:40-10:00 AM
PANEL 2: 10:00-11:50 AM
Chair: Anne Meng
“Purges”
Monika Nalepa
Discussant: Peter Lorentzen
“Capital Mobility & Taxation in Autocracies -- Evidence from China”
Florian Hollenbach
Discussant: Weijia Li
Lunch Break: 11:50 AM-1:15 PM
PANEL 3: 1:15-2:55 PM
Chair: Peter Lorentzen
"Authoritarian Legislatures and Economic Growth"
Adrian Lucardi
Discussant: Florian Hollenbach
“The Politics of Making Enemies”
Scott Tyson
Discussant: Ken Shotts
Break: 2:55-3:20 PM
PANEL 4: 3:20-5:00 PM
Chair: Monika Nalepa
“A theory of elite-driven democratization, illustrated with the case of Myanmar”
James Fearon and Patrick Francois
Discussant: Andrew Little
“Candidate Entry & Vote-Share in the Wake of an Incumbent Performance Transparency Initiative”
Kristin Michelitch
Discussant: Adrian Lucardi
Group Dinner: 6:00-8:00 PM
Location: Caffe Sport
FRIDAY, MARCH 30
PANEL 5: 8:00-9:40 AM
Chair: Anne Meng
“Anti-Corruption Campaigns and Political Selection: Evidence from Russia”
David Szakonyi
Discussant: Anne Meng
"Unfixed at the Root: The Strategic Manipulation of Insurgent Recruitment"
Jessica Sun
Discussant: Avi Acharya
Break: 9:40-10:10 AM
PANEL 6: 10:10-11:50 AM
Chair: Patrick Francois
“Fiscal Capacity as a Moderator of the Taxation-Accountability Hypothesis”
Jessica Gottlieb
Discussant: Jeff Paller
"Crony Capitalism, Party-State, and Political Boundaries of Corruption in China"
Xie Yang, Weijia Li, Gerard Roland
Discussant: Monika Nalepa
Lunch Break: 11:50 AM-1:15 PM
PANEL 7: 1:15-2:55 PM
Chair: Mike Ting
"Preventative Repression and Authoritarian Regimes Dynamics"
Jack Paine
Discussant: Patrick Francois
"Identifiability, State Repression, and the Onset of Ethnic Conflict"
David Siegel
Discussant: Brett Carter
Break: 2:55-3:20 PM
PANEL 8: 3:20-5:00 PM
Chair: Ken Shotts
"Preying on the Poor: Repressive Violence and Citizen Behavior"
Lauren Young
Discussant: Anne Meng
“Elite Defection under Autocracy: Evidence from Russia”
Ora John Reuter
Discussant: Scott Tyson
SATURDAY, MARCH 31
8:00-9:45 AM
Panel: Developing, undemocratically
Chair: Chris Sullivan
Discussant: Jessica Gottlieb
"Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Contentious Urbanization in Accra and Nairobi"
Jeffrey Paller
"Trade, Authoritarianism, and Security"
Hiroki Takeuchi
"Concealing Corruption: How Chinese Officials Distort Upward Reporting of Online Grievances"
Kaiping Chen
10:00-11:45 AM
Panel: Violence and power
Chair: Hiroki Takeuchi
Discussants: Jack Paine
"Elite Competition, Local Extraction, and Social Unrest: Understanding Mass Protest in Authoritarian Regimes"
Hao Liu
"Re-Organizing Violence: Explaining the Dynamic Processes of Political Repression in Democratizing South Korea"
Sunil Kim and Jonson N. Porteux
"Naming, Shaming, and Taming Human RIghts Abuse in Severely Repressive Regimes"
Christopher Sullivan
1:15-3:00 PM
Panel: Information and power
Chair: Andrew Little
Discussants: Peter Lorentzen, Ryan Hubert
"Can More Information Lead to More Voter Polarization? Experimental Evidence from Turkey"
Ceren Baysan
"Information Credibility in an Authoritarian State"
Charles Chang
"Election Fraud and the Value of a Vote: A Cross-National Analysis"
Masaaki Higashijima
3:15-5:00 PM
Panel: Formal models of undemocratic politics
Chair: Peter Lorentzen
Discussants: Jack Paine, Scott Tyson
"The Persistence of Mafias"
Ryan Hubert and Omar García-Ponce
"Rotation, Meritocracy, and Property Rights"
Weijia Li
"Power Concedes Nothing: Credible Commitment and Concessions in Autocracies"
Sasha de Vogel
THURSDAY, MARCH 29
PANEL 1: 8:00-9:40 AM
Chair: Andrew Little
“The Political Economy of Governance Quality”
Mike Ting
Discussant: Ryan Hubert
"Chinese Propaganda Decreases Popular Protests"
Brett Carter and Erin Baggott Carter
Discussant: Maiting Zhuang
Break: 9:40-10:00 AM
PANEL 2: 10:00-11:50 AM
Chair: Anne Meng
“Purges”
Monika Nalepa
Discussant: Peter Lorentzen
“Capital Mobility & Taxation in Autocracies -- Evidence from China”
Florian Hollenbach
Discussant: Weijia Li
Lunch Break: 11:50 AM-1:15 PM
PANEL 3: 1:15-2:55 PM
Chair: Peter Lorentzen
"Authoritarian Legislatures and Economic Growth"
Adrian Lucardi
Discussant: Florian Hollenbach
“The Politics of Making Enemies”
Scott Tyson
Discussant: Ken Shotts
Break: 2:55-3:20 PM
PANEL 4: 3:20-5:00 PM
Chair: Monika Nalepa
“A theory of elite-driven democratization, illustrated with the case of Myanmar”
James Fearon and Patrick Francois
Discussant: Andrew Little
“Candidate Entry & Vote-Share in the Wake of an Incumbent Performance Transparency Initiative”
Kristin Michelitch
Discussant: Adrian Lucardi
Group Dinner: 6:00-8:00 PM
Location: Caffe Sport
FRIDAY, MARCH 30
PANEL 5: 8:00-9:40 AM
Chair: Anne Meng
“Anti-Corruption Campaigns and Political Selection: Evidence from Russia”
David Szakonyi
Discussant: Anne Meng
"Unfixed at the Root: The Strategic Manipulation of Insurgent Recruitment"
Jessica Sun
Discussant: Avi Acharya
Break: 9:40-10:10 AM
PANEL 6: 10:10-11:50 AM
Chair: Patrick Francois
“Fiscal Capacity as a Moderator of the Taxation-Accountability Hypothesis”
Jessica Gottlieb
Discussant: Jeff Paller
"Crony Capitalism, Party-State, and Political Boundaries of Corruption in China"
Xie Yang, Weijia Li, Gerard Roland
Discussant: Monika Nalepa
Lunch Break: 11:50 AM-1:15 PM
PANEL 7: 1:15-2:55 PM
Chair: Mike Ting
"Preventative Repression and Authoritarian Regimes Dynamics"
Jack Paine
Discussant: Patrick Francois
"Identifiability, State Repression, and the Onset of Ethnic Conflict"
David Siegel
Discussant: Brett Carter
Break: 2:55-3:20 PM
PANEL 8: 3:20-5:00 PM
Chair: Ken Shotts
"Preying on the Poor: Repressive Violence and Citizen Behavior"
Lauren Young
Discussant: Anne Meng
“Elite Defection under Autocracy: Evidence from Russia”
Ora John Reuter
Discussant: Scott Tyson
SATURDAY, MARCH 31
8:00-9:45 AM
Panel: Developing, undemocratically
Chair: Chris Sullivan
Discussant: Jessica Gottlieb
"Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Contentious Urbanization in Accra and Nairobi"
Jeffrey Paller
"Trade, Authoritarianism, and Security"
Hiroki Takeuchi
"Concealing Corruption: How Chinese Officials Distort Upward Reporting of Online Grievances"
Kaiping Chen
10:00-11:45 AM
Panel: Violence and power
Chair: Hiroki Takeuchi
Discussants: Jack Paine
"Elite Competition, Local Extraction, and Social Unrest: Understanding Mass Protest in Authoritarian Regimes"
Hao Liu
"Re-Organizing Violence: Explaining the Dynamic Processes of Political Repression in Democratizing South Korea"
Sunil Kim and Jonson N. Porteux
"Naming, Shaming, and Taming Human RIghts Abuse in Severely Repressive Regimes"
Christopher Sullivan
1:15-3:00 PM
Panel: Information and power
Chair: Andrew Little
Discussants: Peter Lorentzen, Ryan Hubert
"Can More Information Lead to More Voter Polarization? Experimental Evidence from Turkey"
Ceren Baysan
"Information Credibility in an Authoritarian State"
Charles Chang
"Election Fraud and the Value of a Vote: A Cross-National Analysis"
Masaaki Higashijima
3:15-5:00 PM
Panel: Formal models of undemocratic politics
Chair: Peter Lorentzen
Discussants: Jack Paine, Scott Tyson
"The Persistence of Mafias"
Ryan Hubert and Omar García-Ponce
"Rotation, Meritocracy, and Property Rights"
Weijia Li
"Power Concedes Nothing: Credible Commitment and Concessions in Autocracies"
Sasha de Vogel