Endogenous popularity: how perceptions of support affect the popularity of authoritarian regimes

Being popular makes it easier for dictators to govern. A growing body of scholarship therefore focuses on the factors that influence authoritarian popularity. However, it is possible that the perception of popularity itself affects incumbent approval in autocracies. We use framing experiments embedd...

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Main Authors: Buckley, NOAH, Marquardt, KL, Reuter, ORAJ, Tertytchnaya, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023