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Autocracy by Democratic Rules: The Dynamics of Competitive Authoritarianism in the Post-Cold War Era: by Levitsky, Steven; This paper examines one type of hybrid regime, which we call competitive authoritarianism. Such regimes are authoritarian in that they do not meet standard procedural minimum criteria for democracy....; Publication Type: Conference Paper; Published Date: More

Comparative Perspectives on Immigrants in New York -- Across Time and Space: by Nancy Foner; This paper is a comparison across time of the two great waves of immigration to New York City in the last hundred years: the first wave, between 1880 and 1920, brought hundreds of thousands of...; Publication Type: Conference Paper; Published Date: More

What Does the European Union Do?: by Alesina, Alberto; We construct a set of indicators to measure the policy–making role of the European Union (European Council, Parliament, Commission, Court of Justice, etc.), in a selected number of policy...; Publication Type: Conference Paper; Published Date: More

Popular Perceptions of Distributive Justice in China: Local and Regional Variations: by Whyte, Martin K.; The reform era launched in 1978 has produced dramatic changes in Chinese society. The dismantling of centrally planned socialism and the transformation of China into a market–based economy have...; Publication Type: Conference Paper; Published Date: More

When Do Special Interests Run Rampant? Disentangling the Role of Elections, Incomplete Information and Checks and Balances in Ba: by Philip Keefer; This paper investigates the political determinants of government decisions that benefit special interests, and specifically government decisions to deal with banking crises. I find that governments...; Publication Type: Conference Paper; Published Date: More

Self-Enforcing Federalism: by Rui J. P. de Figueiredo, Jr., and Barry R. Weingast; How are constitutional rules sustained? The general problem concerns how to structure the political game so that all the players – elected officials, the military, economic actors, and citizens...; Publication Type: Conference Paper; Published Date: More

Rethinking Equality and Inequality in the PRC: by Whyte, Martin K.; The Fairbank Center for East Asian Research has been in business nearly as long as the People's Republic of China, and the Center has played a key role in research on all aspects of the world's most...; Publication Type: Conference Paper; Published Date: More

How Many Years? The White Ethnic Hierarchy in New York, 1880-1970: by John Logan; Writings on race and ethnicity in the contemporary United States often use previous historical periods as a point of comparison. This is a natural choice, because there are strong parallels between...; Publication Type: Conference Paper; Published Date: More

Chains of Ownership, Tax Competition, and Foreign Direct Investment: by Desai, Mihir A.; This paper considers the effect of taxation on the location of foreign direct investment (FDI) and taxable income reported by multinational firms. Confidential affiliate–level data are used to...; Publication Type: Conference Paper; Published Date: More

Popular Attitudes Toward Income Inequality in China: by Whyte, Martin K.; During the period of China's reforms since 1978, the income and consumption levels of the majority of Chinese families have improved considerably. However, it is clear that inequalities in the...; Publication Type: Conference Paper; Published Date: More

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