Daniel Treisman

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science

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1.

A Theory of Informational Autocracy

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2019
Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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non-democracies, political economy, propaganda, censorship

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Informational Autocrats

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2019
Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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Informational Autocracy: Theory and Empirics of Modern Authoritarianism.

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Informational Autocracy: Theory and Empirics of Modern Authoritarianism.

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 02 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2018
Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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censorship, dictatorship, propaganda

How Modern Dictators Survive: Cooptation, Censorship, Propaganda, and Repression

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10454
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 02 Mar 2015
Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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censorship, dictatorship, propaganda

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The Popularity of Authoritarian Leaders: A Cross-National Investigation

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 10 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2019
Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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Political Economy, Political Approval

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A Normal Country

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A Normal Country

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 Oct 2003
Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman
Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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A Normal Country

NBER Working Paper No. w10057
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Nov 2003 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2022
Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman
Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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Globalization, Government Popularity, and the Great Skill Divide

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Globalization, Government Popularity, and the Great Skill Divide

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 18 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2022
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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International trade; political approval; political polarization; skill intensity of trade

Globalization, Government Popularity, and the Great Skill Divide

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13026
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 23 Mar 2020
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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international trade, political approval, skill intensity of trade

Globalization, Government Popularity, and the Great Skill Divide

NBER Working Paper No. w25062
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 24 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2023
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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Globalization, Government Popularity, and the Great Skill Divide

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12897
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 01 May 2018 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2022
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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international trade, political approval, skill intensity of trade

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Democracy by Mistake

NBER Working Paper No. w23944
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 23 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
Daniel Treisman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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Globalisation, Government Popularity and the Great Skills Divide

EBRD Working Paper No. 215
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2022
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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International trade; political approval; political polarisation; skill intensity of trade

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Public Employment and Redistributive Politics: Evidence from Russia's Regions

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Nov 2000
Vladimir Gimpelson, Daniel Treisman and Galina Monusova
National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science and Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) - Institute of World Economy and International Relations
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Public employment, redistribution, regional governments, unemployment, transfers, wages, wage arrears, Russia, transition

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Democratization Over Time

APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 05 Sep 2013
Daniel Treisman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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democracy, economic development, modernization, leadership

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How Modern Dictators Survive: An Informational Theory of the New Authoritarianism

NBER Working Paper No. w21136
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 04 May 2015 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2022
Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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Misperceiving Inequality

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Misperceiving Inequality

NBER Working Paper No. w21174
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 18 May 2015 Last Revised: 11 May 2023
Vladimir Gimpelson and Daniel Treisman
National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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Misperceiving Inequality

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9100
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Sep 2015
Vladimir Gimpelson and Daniel Treisman
National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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inequality, income distribution, biased perceptions, preferences for redistribution

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Income, Democracy, and the Cunning of Reason

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Income, Democracy, and the Cunning of Reason

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2012
Daniel Treisman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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Income, Democracy, and the Cunning of Reason

NBER Working Paper No. w17132
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2023
Daniel Treisman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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Embezzlement Versus Bribery

NBER Working Paper No. w16542
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2023
C. Simon Fan, Chen Lin and Daniel Treisman
Lingnam University - Department of Economics, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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"Loans for Shares" Revisited

NBER Working Paper No. w15819
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2023
Daniel Treisman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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Oil and Democracy in Russia

NBER Working Paper No. w15667
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2022
Daniel Treisman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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Subnational Budgeting in Russia: Preempting a Potential Crisis

World Bank Technical Papers 452
Number of pages: 146 Posted: 13 Mar 2014
Lev Freinkman, Daniel Treisman and Stepan TItov
National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science and World Bank Group, Kenya
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Russia, sub-national finance, fiscal reforms, budget transfers, public debt

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The Geography of Fear

NBER Working Paper No. w16838
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 28 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2023
Daniel Treisman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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What Makes Governments Popular?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11460
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 30 Aug 2016
Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science
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Economic Development and Democracy: Predispositions and Triggers

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 23, pp. 241-257, 2020
Posted: 17 May 2020
Daniel Treisman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science

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What Have We Learned about the Causes of Corruption from Ten Years of Cross-National Empirical Research

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 10, June 2007
Posted: 19 Dec 2007
Daniel Treisman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science

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governance, bribery, democracy, surveys

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A Normal Country: Russia after Communism

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 151-174, Winter 2005
Posted: 21 Nov 2005
Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman
Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science

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State Corroding Federalism

Posted: 16 Aug 2004
Hongbin Cai and Daniel Treisman
Peking University - Guanghua School of Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science

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Capital mobility, Decentralization, Federalism, Interjurisdictional competition, Corruption

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The Causes of Corruption: A Cross-National Study

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The Causes of Corruption: A Cross-National Study

Conference Paper, The Nobel Symposium in Economics - The Economics of Transition, Stockholm, September 1999
Posted: 29 Nov 1999
Daniel Treisman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science

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The Causes of Corruption: A Cross-National Study

Posted: 07 Sep 2001
Daniel Treisman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Political Science

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Corruption, Bribery, Government, Federalism, Democracy