Sökning: "Autocrats"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Autocrats.

  1. 1. Essays on Incentives and Leadership

    Författare :Martin Bech Holte; Torsten Persson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Incentives; Managers; Taxation; Career Concerns; Autocrats; Communism; Soft Budget Constraints; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : "Taxation, Career Concerns and CEO Pay". This paper proposes a simple dynamic model of equilibrium CEO compensation. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Uniting Against Autocrats : Opposition Coordination, Turnovers and Democratization by Elections

    Författare :Michael Wahman; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Democratization; authoritarianism; election; party; opposition; coalition; ethnic; Africa; Kenya; Ghana; Senegal;

    Sammanfattning : As counter intuitive as it might sound, autocracy without elections is a rare combination today. Elections do not constitute democracy, but they can promote democratization. This dissertation studies the process of democratization through elections, focusing on the effect of opposition coordination. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Playing the Enemy: Information, Deception, and Dictatorial Survival

    Författare :Felix Dwinger; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Personalist rule; Competitive authoritarianism; Dictatorial survival; Information; Persuasion; Repression; Conspiracies; Public Dissent; Game theory;

    Sammanfattning : What strategies do autocrats use to maintain power? Across three papers, I examine puzzling aspects of autocratic rule. These range from personalist dictators publicizing failed conspiracies to opposition involvement in and service provision informed through query sessions under competitive authoritarianism. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Party Organizations and the Dynamics of Autocratic Rule: Co-optation, Repression, and Regime Change

    Författare :Yaman Berker Kavasoglu; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is about political parties in autocracies. The recent institutionalist turn in comparative authoritarianism has renewed attention to the role of political parties by highlighting the strategic value of these institutions for autocratic leaders. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Essays on commitment and inefficiency in political economy

    Författare :Elena Paltseva; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is devoted to the analysis of various aspects of inefficiency in the political economy. It consists of four self-containing theoretical essays. The first two chapters deal with the interplay between inefficiency and commitment. Chapter 1 studies the problem of commitment in autocratic regimes and its implications for growth. LÄS MER