Konstantin Sonin

University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy

Professor

1155 East 60th Street

Chicago, IL 60637

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (72)

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Government Control of the Media

Journal of Public Economics, vol. 118, pp. 163-171, October 2014.
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2014
Scott Gehlbach and Konstantin Sonin
University of Chicago and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Citation 79

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Political economy, media, nondemocratic politics

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Why Resource-Poor Dictators Allow Freer Media: A Theory and Evidence from Panel Data

American Political Science Review, Vol. 103, No. 4, pp. 645-668, 2009
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 30 Apr 2006 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2014
Georgy Egorov, Sergei Guriev and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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media freedom, non-democratic politics, bureaucracy, resource curse

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Social Media and Corruption

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 27 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2016
New Economic SchoolInstitute of Political Economy and Governance, Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Barcelona and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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political economy, financial markets, social media, governance

Social Media and Corruption

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11263
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 09 May 2016
New Economic SchoolInstitute of Political Economy and Governance, Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Barcelona and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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financial markets, governance, political economy, social media

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Dictators and Their Viziers: Endogenizing the Loyalty-Competence Trade-Off

Journal of European Economic Association, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 903–930, October 2011
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 09 Dec 2004 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2011
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Dictatorship, positive political theory, loyalty and competence, principal-agent, non-democratic succession

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Citation 125

A Political Theory of Populism

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Nov 2010
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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A Political Theory of Populism

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 11-21
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 16 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2011
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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political economy, inequality, populism, voting, signaling

A Political Theory of Populism

NBER Working Paper No. w17306
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Determinants of Nationalization in the Oil Sector: A Theory and Evidence from Panel Data

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 27 (2): 301-323, 2011.
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2012
Sergei Guriev, Anton Kolotilin and Konstantin Sonin
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), University of New South Wales (UNSW) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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oil, nationalization, property rights protection

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Why the Rich May Favor Poor Protection of Property Rights

Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 715-731, 2003
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 30 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2012
Konstantin Sonin
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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property rights, demand for institutions, oligarchs, Russia

Poverty and Economic Dislocation Reduce Compliance with COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Protocols

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-40
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2020
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of California at San Diego and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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COVID-19, shelter-in-place, compliance

Poverty and Economic Dislocation Reduce Compliance with Covid-19 Shelter-in-Place Protocols

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14618
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 May 2020 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2020
University of California at San Diego, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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The Killing Game: A Theory of Non-Democratic Succession

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 04 May 2005 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2023
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Positive political theory, succession, dictatorship

The Killing Game: Reputation and Knowledge in Non-Democratic Succession

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5092
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Aug 2005
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Positive political theory, succession, dictatorship, economic history

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Dictators and Oligarchs: A Dynamic Theory of Contested Property Rights

Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 93, No. 1-2, pp. 1-13, July 2008
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 May 2007 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2009
Sergei Guriev and Konstantin Sonin
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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property rights, oligarchs, non-democratic politics

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Coalition Formation in Non-Democracies

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 06-33, Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 75, No. 4, pp. 987-1009, 2008
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2009
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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coalition formation, political economy, self-enforcing coalitions, stability

Unmasking Partisanship: Polarization Undermines Public Response to Collective Risk

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-102
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 03 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2021
University of Chicago - Becker Friedman Institute for Economics, Saint Louis University - Department of Finance, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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partisanship, polarization, COVID-19

Unmasking Partisanship: Polarization Undermines Public Response to Collective Risk

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15464
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Dec 2020
University of Chicago - Becker Friedman Institute for Economics, Saint Louis University - Department of Finance, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Citation 11

Political Economy in a Changing World

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 13-12
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 19 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 16 May 2014
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Markov Voting Equilibrium, dynamics, median voter, stochastic shocks, extension of franchise, repression

Political Economy in a Changing World

NBER Working Paper No. w19158
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 21 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 08 May 2022
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Citation 39

Formal Models of Nondemocratic Politics

Annual Review of Political Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2018
Scott Gehlbach, Konstantin Sonin and Milan Svolik
University of Chicago, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and Yale University - Department of Political Science
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nondemocratic politics, dictatorship, game theory

Formal Models of Nondemocratic Politics

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 19, pp. 565-584, 2016
Posted: 13 May 2016
Scott Gehlbach, Konstantin Sonin and Milan Svolik
University of Chicago, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and Yale University - Department of Political Science

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Citation 2

Businessman Candidates

American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 718-736, July 2010
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2010
Scott Gehlbach, Konstantin Sonin and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
University of Chicago, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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businessman candidates, political selection, immature democracies, special interest politics, political connections

Businessman Candidates

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5985
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 07 Jan 2007
Scott Gehlbach, Konstantin Sonin and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
University of Chicago, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Political connections, businessman candidates, immature democracy, media freedom, government transparency, strength of political parties

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Citation 8

The Political Economics of Non-democracy

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-142
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2022
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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nondemocratic politics, authoritarianism, dictatorship, bureaucracy, electoral fraud, protests, revolutions, coup d’etat, media freedom, propaganda, censorship, repressions, institutionalized ruling party

The Political Economics of Non-Democracy

NBER Working Paper No. w27949
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 19 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 15 May 2022
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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The Political Economics of Non-Democracy

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15344
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 Nov 2020
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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bureaucracy, Censorship, coup d'etat, Dictatorship, electoral fraud, media freedom, nondemocratic politics, Propaganda, repressions, Revolutions

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Citation 13

Elections in Non-Democracies

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 15 May 2018
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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non-democratic politics, dictatorship, elections, fraud, protests, revolutions, signaling

Incumbency Advantage in Non-Democracies

NBER Working Paper No. w20519
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 30 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2023
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Incumbency Advantage in Non-Democracies

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10178
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 30 Sep 2014
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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dictatorship, elections, fraud, non-democratic politics, protests, revolutions, signaling

Rational Dictators and the Killing of Innocents: Data from Stalin's Archives

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 21 Dec 2019
University of Houston - Department of Economics, Aarhus University - School of Business and Social Sciences and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Dictatorial systems, Stalinism, Soviet State and Party archives, NKVD, OPGU

Dictators, Repression and the Median Citizen: An 'Eliminations Model' of Stalin's Terror (Data from the NKVD Archives)

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 6014
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 08 May 2007
University of Houston - Department of Economics, Aarhus University - School of Business and Social Sciences and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Dictatorial systems, NKVD, OPGU, Soviet State and Party archives, Stalinism

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Citation 3

Recurrent Revolutions

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 31 May 2017
New Economic School (NES), University of Texas at Dallas, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Arab Spring, autocracy, collective action, social media, regime change

Technological Foundations of Political Instability

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9787
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 02 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2014
New Economic School (NES), University of Texas at Dallas, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Arab Spring, autocracy, collective action, regime change, social media

Dynamics and Stability of Constitutions, Coalitions, and Clubs

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 08-15
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 07 Aug 2008
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
Downloads 624 (91,978)
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commitment, constitutions, dynamic coalition formation, political economy, stability, voting

Dynamics and Stability of Constitutions, Coalitions, and Clubs

NBER Working Paper No. w14239
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 18 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2022
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Is Political Risk Company-Specific? The Market Side of the Yukos Affair

EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 06 Mar 2005
Alexei Goriaev and Konstantin Sonin
New Economic School and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
Downloads 651 (87,118)
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company-specific political risk, event study, Russian stock market

Is Political Risk Company-Specific? The Market Side of the Yukos Affair

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5076
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 04 Aug 2005
Alexei Goriaev and Konstantin Sonin
New Economic School and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Company specific political risk, event study, Russian stock market, oil, privatization

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Persuasion on Networks

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2019
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Bayesian persuasion, networks, propaganda

Persuasion on Networks

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2019-82
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 31 May 2019 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2020
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
Downloads 106 (558,986)
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Bayesian persuasion, networks, propaganda, percolation

Persuasion on Networks

NBER Working Paper No. w27631
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2023
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Persuasion on Networks

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13723
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 May 2019 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2020
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Bayesian persuasion, networks, percolation, Propaganda

Rebel Capacity, Intelligence Gathering, and Combat Tactics

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2018-74
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2022
Konstantin Sonin and Austin L. Wright
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
Downloads 629 (91,057)
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economic shocks, civil war, rebel tactics, counterinsurgency, spy operations

Rebel Capacity and Combat Tactics

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13155
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 17 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2020
Konstantin Sonin, Jarnickae Wilson and Austin L. Wright
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Civil War, Colonel Blotto game, counterinsurgency, economic shocks, rebel tactics, spy operations

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Political Economy of Redistribution

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2016
Daniel Diermeier, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
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political economy, legislative bargaining, property rights, institutions

Political Economy of Redistribution

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11285
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 May 2016
Daniel Diermeier, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
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institutions, legislative bargaining, political economy, Property rights

Financial Restrictions and Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 17 Sep 2018
Vsevolod Grabar and Konstantin Sonin
National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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UEFA Financial Fair Play, Financial Regulation, Competitive Balance, Investment Tournaments

Financial Restrictions and Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13154
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Sep 2018
Vsevolod Grabar and Konstantin Sonin
National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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financial regulation, competitive balance, investment tournaments., UEFA Financial Fair Play

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Citation 25

Political Selection and Persistence of Bad Governments

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 09-23
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 06 Aug 2009
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
Downloads 526 (114,304)
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institutional flexibility, quality of governance, political economy, political transitions, voting

Political Selection and Persistence of Bad Governments

NBER Working Paper No. w15230
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 18 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2023
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Citation 15

Institutional Change and Institutional Persistence

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-127
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Sep 2020
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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con ict, constitutions, democracy, institutions, institutional change, persistence, stability

Institutional Change and Institutional Persistence

NBER Working Paper No. w27852
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 28 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2023
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Institutional Change and Institutional Persistence

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15295
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 22 Sep 2020
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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conflict, Constitutions, democracy, Institutional Change, institutions, Persistence, stability

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Modern Imperialism and the Origins of the Russia-Ukraine War

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2024-115
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 16 Sep 2024
Konstantin Sonin
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Russia-Ukraine war, imperialism, authoritarian regime

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A Theory of Brinkmanship, Conflicts, and Commitments

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 161-183, 2008
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Feb 2005 Last Revised: 07 May 2017
Michael A. Schwarz and Konstantin Sonin
Microsoft and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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brinkmanship, conflicts, commitments, war and peace

A Theory of Brinkmanship, Conflicts, and Commitments

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5075
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 04 Aug 2005
Michael Schwarz and Konstantin Sonin
Yahoo! - Yahoo! Research Labs and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Brinkmanship, commitments, conflicts, war and peace

A Theory of Brinkmanship, Conflicts, and Commitments

The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Vol. 24, Issue 1, pp. 163-183, 2008
Posted: 23 Jun 2008
Michael Schwarz and Konstantin Sonin
Yahoo! - Yahoo! Research Labs and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy

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Social Mobility and Stability of Democracy: Re-Evaluating De Tocqueville

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 02 Apr 2016
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Social mobility, institutions, stability, democracy, De Tocqueville, dynamics

Social Mobility and Stability of Democracy: Re-Evaluating De Tocqueville

NBER Working Paper No. w22174
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 18 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2023
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Social Mobility and Stability of Democracy: Re-Evaluating De Tocqueville

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11209
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 18 Apr 2016
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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De Tocqueville, democracy, dynamics., institutions, Social mobility, stability

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Political Economy of Crisis Response

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-68
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 19 May 2020 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2020
Arda Gitmez, Konstantin Sonin and Austin L. Wright
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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COVID-19, public health externality, Bayesian persuasion, compliance, media slant, income inequality

Political Economy of Crisis Response

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14778
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 28 May 2020 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2020
Arda Gitmez, Konstantin Sonin and Austin L. Wright
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Bayesian persuasion, compliance, COVID-19, Income inequality, media slant, public health externality

Winning by Losing: Incentive Incompatibility in Multiple Qualifiers

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2017
Dmitry Dagaev and Konstantin Sonin
New Economic School (NES) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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tournaments, design, rules, football, incentives

Winning by Losing: Incentive Incompatibility in Multiple Qualifiers

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9373
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 12 Mar 2013
Dmitry Dagaev and Konstantin Sonin
New Economic School (NES) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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football, organization, tournaments, UEFA Champions League

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State Capture and Corruption in Transition Economies

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 01 May 2009
Konstantin Sonin
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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barriers to entry, command economy, corruption, decentralization, enforcement of contracts, mobility, local government, oligarchs, property rights protection, rule of law, special interests, state capture, transition and institutions, transition economies

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Electoral College and Election Fraud

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2023-93
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Jul 2023
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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presidential elections, electoral college, election fraud

Electoral College and Election Fraud

NBER Working Paper No. w31474
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Jul 2023
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Field Experiment Estimate of Electoral Fraud in Russian Parliamentary Elections

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 25 Dec 2012
New Economic SchoolInstitute of Political Economy and Governance, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Barcelona, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and Yale University - Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
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electoral fraud, field experiment, Russia, nondemocratic government

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Provincial Protectionism

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 Jun 2003
Konstantin Sonin
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Federalism, Positive Political Economics, Transition, Development

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A Dynamic Model of the Research University

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2011
Irina Khovanskaya, Konstantin Sonin and Maria Yudkevich
National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
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economics of education, tenure, dynamic game

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Development Based on Commodity Revenues

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Working Paper No. 108
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 08 Dec 2009
Sergei Guriev, Alexander Plekhanov and Konstantin Sonin
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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natural resources, economic boom, institutions, financial development

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Do Juntas Lead to Personal Rule?

American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 99, No. 2, pp. 298-303, 2009
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 14 May 2009 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2009
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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nondemocratic politics, coalition formation, political economy, self-enforcing coalitions, stability

40.

Collusive Market Sharing and Corruption in Procurement

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2006
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2009
Adriane Lambert Mogiliansky and Konstantin Sonin
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) - Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Analyse Socio-Economique (CERAS) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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auction, procurement, corruption, collusion

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The Dictator's Dilemma: A Theory of Propaganda and Repression

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2023-67
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 May 2023 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2023
A. Arda Gitmez and Konstantin Sonin
Bilkent University and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Authoritarian regimes, repression, propaganda, Bayesian persuasion

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The Variable Value Environment: Auctions and Actions

Harvard Institute of Economic Research, Research Paper Series, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Apr 2001
Michael A. Schwarz and Konstantin Sonin
Microsoft and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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auctions, efficient mechanism design

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Isolation and Insurrection: How Partisanship and Political Geography Fueled January 6, 2021

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2021-13
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 01 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2023
Konstantin Sonin, David Van Dijcke and Austin L. Wright
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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collective action, protest, elections, regression discontinuity, geospatial analysis

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Information Manipulation and Repression: A Theory and Evidence from the COVID Response in Russia

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2022-101
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 29 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2024
Natalia Lamberova and Konstantin Sonin
University of Texas at Dallas and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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authoritarian politics, information manipulation, repression, civil society

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Media Freedom in the Shadow of a Coup

University of Miami Business School Research Paper No. 18-12
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 09 Oct 2018
Raphael Boleslavsky, Mehdi Shadmehr and Konstantin Sonin
University of Miami - School of Business Administration - Department of Economics, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Department of Public Policy and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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authoritarian politics, media freedom, protest, coup, global games, Bayesian persuasion, signaling

Media Freedom in the Shadow of a Coup

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2019-81, University of Miami Business School Research Paper No. 3396728
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 31 May 2019
Raphael Boleslavsky, Mehdi Shadmehr and Konstantin Sonin
University of Miami - School of Business Administration - Department of Economics, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Department of Public Policy and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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authoritarian politics, media freedom, protest, coup, global games, Bayesian persuasion, signaling

Media Freedom in the Shadow of a Coup

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13189
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Sep 2018
Raphael Boleslavsky, Mehdi Shadmehr and Konstantin Sonin
University of Miami - School of Business Administration - Department of Economics, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Department of Public Policy and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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authoritarian politics, Bayesian persuasion, coup, global games, media freedom, protest, signaling

Information Operations Increase Civilian Security Cooperation

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2019-130
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 22 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2021
Konstantin Sonin and Austin L. Wright
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Information Operations Increase Civilian Security Cooperation

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16269
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 14 Jul 2021
Konstantin Sonin and Austin L. Wright
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Equilibrium Refinement in Dynamic Voting Games

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 09-26
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Oct 2009
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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voting, agenda-setting games, Markov trembling-hand perfect equilibrium

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Are Russian Commercial Courts Biased? Evidence from a Bankruptcy Law Transplant

Journal of Comparative Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2014
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) - Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Analyse Socio-Economique (CERAS), University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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bankruptcy, capture, incentives, regional governments, Russia, transition

Structural or Cyclical? Unemployment in Latvia Since the 2008-09 Financial Crisis

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 23 Apr 2013
Daria Anosova, Konstantin Sonin, Alf Vanags and Anna Zasova
New Economic School (NES), University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS) and Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS)
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cyclical unemployment, structural unemployment, labour market matching, Beveridge curve

Structural or Cyclical? Unemployment in Latvia Since the 2008-09 Financial Crisis

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9525
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 02 Jul 2013
Daria Anosova, Konstantin Sonin, Alf Vanags and Anna Zasova
New Economic School (NES), University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS) and Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS)
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Beveridge curve, cyclical unemployment, labour market matching, structural unemployment

How Does Kompromat Affect Politics? A Model of Transparency Regimes

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-29
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 31 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2021
Monika Nalepa and Konstantin Sonin
The University of Chicago and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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transitional justice, transparency regime, blackmail, signaling

How Does Kompromat Affect Politics? A Model of Transparency Regimes

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14992
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 28 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2020
Konstantin Sonin and Monika Nalepa
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and The University of Chicago
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blackmail, signaling, transitional justice, transparency regime

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Passive Creditors

CEFIR Working Paper
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Mar 2005
Koen J. L. Schoors and Konstantin Sonin
Ghent University - Centre for Russian International Socio-Political and Economic Studies (CERISE) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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creditor passivity, bankruptcy, arrears, bad loans, bank closure

Passive Creditors

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Apr 2005
Koen J. L. Schoors and Konstantin Sonin
Ghent University - Centre for Russian International Socio-Political and Economic Studies (CERISE) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Creditor passivity, bankruptcy, bad loans, bank closure, arrears

52.
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Information Aggregation in Stratified Societies

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-50
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 27 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2023
Marina Agranov, Ran Eilat and Konstantin Sonin
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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trust, inequality, political economy, cheap talk, information club

A Political Model of Trust

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14672
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 May 2020 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2021
Marina Agranov, Ran Eilat and Konstantin Sonin
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Political Model of Social Evolution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 22 Oct 2012
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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history dependence, political equilibrium

Why Did Putin Invade Ukraine? A Theory of Degenerate Autocracy

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2023-52
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 06 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2024
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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nondemocratic politics, authoritarian dynamics, repression, information

Why Did Putin Invade Ukraine? A Theory of Degenerate Autocracy

NBER Working Paper No. w31187
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 May 2023 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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The Anatomy of the Great Terror: A Quantitative Analysis of the 1937-38 Purges in the Red Army

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2024-154
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 11 Dec 2024
Alexei Zakharov and Konstantin Sonin
Yale University - Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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nondemocratic politics, repression, Stalin

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Social Mobility and Stability of Democracy: Re-Evaluating De Toqueville

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 16-03
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 07 Apr 2016
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Social mobility, institutions, stability, democracy, De Tocqueville, dynamics

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A Continuous-Time Model of Financial Clearing

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-101
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 31 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2020
Isaac Sonin and Konstantin Sonin
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Financial networks, clearing vector, continuous time, quasi-linear optimization

A Continuous-Time Model of Financial Clearing

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15117
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 18 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2020
Isaac Sonin and Konstantin Sonin
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Capture of Bankruptcy: Theory and Russian Evidence

CEFIR Working Paper No. 3
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2009
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) - Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Analyse Socio-Economique (CERAS), University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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The Historical Perspective on the Trump Puzzle: A Review of Barry Eichengreen’s 'The Populist Temptation: Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era'

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-129
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 Sep 2020
Konstantin Sonin
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Coalition Formation in Political Games

NBER Working Paper No. w12749
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 13 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2022
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Economic Competition and Civilian Support for Rebel Reintegration

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Feb 2021
Amanda Kennard, Konstantin Sonin and Austin L. Wright
Stanford University - Department of Political Science, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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civil war, reintegration, economic shocks, Afghanistan, earthquakes, natural disasters

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Endogenous Property Rights

NBER Working Paper No. w19734
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2023
Daniel Diermeier, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
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Crisis? What Crisis? Bank Stability, Financial Development and Propaganda 

ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 24-085
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 Jan 2025
New Economic SchoolInstitute of Political Economy and Governance, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, Ghent University - Centre for Russian International Socio-Political and Economic Studies (CERISE) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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bank runs, systemic stability, media freedom, information manipulation

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Media Freedom, Bureaucratic Incentives and the Resource Curse

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5748
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Aug 2006
Georgy Egorov, Sergei Guriev and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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media freedom, non-democratic politics, bureaucracy, resource curse

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Information Revelation and Efficiency in Auctions

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Jan 2003
Anna Mikusheva and Konstantin Sonin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Auctions, information, allocative efficiency

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Are Russian Commercial Courts Biased? Evidence from a Natural Bankruptcy Experiment

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5998
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Mar 2007
Paris School of Economics (PSE), University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Bankruptcy, capture, incentives, regional governments, Russia, transition

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Dictators and Their Viziers: Agency Problems in Dictatorships

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Feb 2005
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Dictatorship, formal political theory, principal agent

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Businessman Candidates: Special-Interest Politics in Weakly Institutionalized Environments

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 13 Apr 2005
Scott Gehlbach and Konstantin Sonin
University of Chicago and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Businessman candidates, elections, citizen candidates, institutions, political economy

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Information Aggregation in Stratified Societies

NBER Working Paper No. w31510
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 31 Jul 2023
Marina Agranov, Ran Eilat and Konstantin Sonin
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Determinants of Expropriation in the Oil Sector: A Theory and Evidence from Panel Data

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6755
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Jun 2008
Sergei Guriev, Anton Kolotilin and Konstantin Sonin
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), University of New South Wales (UNSW) and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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nationalization, oil industry, property rights

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Budget Uncertainty and Faculty Contracts: A Dynamic Framework for Comparative Analysis

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6744
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Jun 2008
Irina Khovanskaya, Konstantin Sonin and Maria Yudkevich
National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
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dynamic game, economics of education, tenure

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Economic Transition and the Rise of Alternative Institutions: Political Connections in Putin's Russia

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13177
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Sep 2018
Natalia Lamberova and Konstantin Sonin
University of Texas at Dallas and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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alternative institutions, network analysis, Political Connections