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Michael Albertus

University of Chicago - Department of Political Science

Assistant Professor

Chicago, IL 60637

United States

  • University of Chicago - Department of Political Science

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1.

Gaming Democracy: Elite Dominance During Transition and Prospects for Redistribution

British Journal of Political Science, July (2014).
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2015
Michael Albertus and Victor A. Menaldo
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science and University of Washington - Department of Political Science
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Democratization, political regimes, redistribution

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Coercive Capacity and the Prospects for Democratization

Comparative Politics, Volume 44, No. 2, pp. 151-169, 2012
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2012
Michael Albertus and Victor A. Menaldo
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science and University of Washington - Department of Political Science
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If You’re Against Them You’re with Us: The Effect of Expropriation on Autocratic Survival

Comparative Political Studies, 45, no. 8 (2012)
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 May 2010 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2015
Michael Albertus and Victor A. Menaldo
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science and University of Washington - Department of Political Science
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Credible commitment, information assymetries, autocratic survival, expropriation & redistribution

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Dictators as Founding Fathers? The Role of Constitutions Under Autocracy

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Dictators as Founding Fathers? The Role of Constitutions Under Autocracy

Economics & Politics, Volume 24(3), November 2012
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 28 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2012
Michael Albertus and Victor A. Menaldo
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science and University of Washington - Department of Political Science
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Dictatorship, constitutions, political survival, property rights, economic growth, FDI

Dictators as Founding Fathers? The Role of Constitutions Under Autocracy

Economics & Politics, Vol. 24, Issue 3, pp. 279-306, 2012
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Oct 2012
Michael Albertus
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science
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Explaining Patterns of Redistribution Under Autocracy: The Case of Peru’s Revolution from Above

Forthcoming, Latin American Research Review
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 May 2011 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2013
Michael Albertus
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science
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Democracy and the Threat of Redistribution in Latin America

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 23 May 2011
Michael Albertus
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science
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Democracy, autocracy, redistribution, land reform, Latin America, democratization, inequality

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Dealing with Dictators: Negotiated Democratization and the Fate of Outgoing Autocrats

International Studies Quarterly, 58, no. 3 (2014).
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 22 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2015
Michael Albertus and Victor A. Menaldo
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science and University of Washington - Department of Political Science
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Authoritarian Survival and Poverty Traps: Land Reform in Mexico

World Development, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2015
Michael Albertus, Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Beatriz Magaloni and Barry R. Weingast
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science, Stanford University, Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Stanford University, Department of Political Science
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authoritarianism, economic growth, property rights, land reform, Latin America

9.

Land Reform as a Counterinsurgency Policy: Evidence from Colombia

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 23 May 2011 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2012
Michael Albertus and Oliver Kaplan
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science and University of Denver - Josef Korbel School of International Studies
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Insurgency, civil war, Colombia, land reform, land titling

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The Political Economy of Autocratic Constitutions

2013, In 'Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes', eds., Tom Ginsburg and Alberto Simpser, Cambridge University Press
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2016
Michael Albertus and Victor A. Menaldo
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science and University of Washington - Department of Political Science
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11.

Cabinet Volatility Under Dictatorship and Democratic Transition

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2012
Michael Albertus
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science
Downloads 139 (156,912)

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Autocracy, volatility, regime transitions, democratization, autocratic cabinets

12.

Unlikely Democrats: Economic Elite Uncertainty Under Dictatorship and Support for Democratization

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Unlikely Democrats: Economic Elite Uncertainty Under Dictatorship and Support for Democratization

Forthcoming, American Journal of Political Science
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Jun 2016
Michael Albertus and Victor Gay
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science and University of Chicago, Department of Economics, Students
Downloads 125 (187,650)

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dictatorship, elites, democratic transition

Unlikely Democrats: Economic Elite Uncertainty Under Dictatorship and Support for Democratization

American Journal of Political Science, Forthcoming.
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 13 Mar 2017
Michael Albertus and Victor Gay
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science and University of Chicago, Department of Economics, Students
Downloads 5 (540,024)

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dictatorship, elites, democratization, formal models

13.

Land Inequality and Rural Unrest: Theory and Evidence from Brazil

Forthcoming, Journal of Conflict Resolution
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 30 May 2014 Last Revised: 18 May 2016
Michael Albertus, Thomas Brambor and Ricardo Ceneviva
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science, Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Rio de Janeiro State University - Institute for Social and Political Studies
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14.

Vote Buying with Multiple Distributive Goods

Comparative Political Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Sep 2011
Michael Albertus
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science
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Clientelism, distributive politics, core and swing voter models, land reform, Latin America

15.

Capital in the Twenty-First Century — In the Rest of the World

Annual Review of Political Science 2016, Volume 19
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2016
Michael Albertus and Victor A. Menaldo
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science and University of Washington - Department of Political Science
Downloads 87 (144,089)

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Inequality, redistribution, capitalism, regime types

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The Role of Subnational Politicians in Distributive Politics: Political Bias in Venezuela's Land Reform under Chávez

Forthcoming, Comparative Political Studies
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 May 2011 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2015
Michael Albertus
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science
Downloads 84 (167,133)

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clientelism, vote buying, distributive politics, land reform, Venezuela

17.

Macroeconomic Policy, Redistribution and Democracy

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 27 Dec 2013
Michael Albertus and Victor A. Menaldo
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science and University of Washington - Department of Political Science
Downloads 71 (234,453)

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Democracy, Redistribution, Globalization

18.

Theory and Methods in the Study of Distributive Politics

Forthcoming, Political Science Research and Methods
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 03 Jun 2017
Michael Albertus
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science
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The Effect of Commodity Price Shocks on Public Lands Distribution: Evidence From Colombia

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 31 Oct 2016
Michael Albertus
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science
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price shocks; land reform; Latin America; privatization

20.

Landowners and Democracy: The Social Origins of Democracy Reconsidered

Forthcoming, World Politics
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 12 Oct 2016
Michael Albertus
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science
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democracy, landowners, dictatorship, civil war, land reform

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Capital in the Twenty-First Century — In the Rest of the World

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 19, pp. 49-66, 2016
Posted: 13 May 2016
Michael Albertus and Victor A. Menaldo
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science and University of Washington - Department of Political Science

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