“...Bureaucratic compliance is often crucial for political survival, yet eliciting that compliance in weakly institutionalized environments requires that political...”

“...Despite the absence of formal institutions to constrain opportunistic behavior, some autocracies successfully attract private investment. Prior work explains...”

“...Social scientists teach that politicians favor groups that are organized over those that are not. Representation Through Taxation challenges this conventional...”

“...I re-examine Hirschman's classic text Exit, Voice, and Loyalty through a game-theoretic interpretation of the relationship between exit and voice. The model,...”

“...We examine the impact of political turnover on economic performance in a setting of largely unanticipated political change and profoundly weak institutions:...”

“...Why and when do businessmen run for public office rather than rely upon other means of influence? What are the implications of their participation for public...”

“...What factors affect citizens' engagement with the state? We explore this question through a study of victims' and bystanders' willingness to report crimes to...”

“...Vladimir Putin has managed to achieve strikingly high public approval ratings throughout his time as president and prime minister of Russia. But is his...”

“...•We study patterns and correlates of forest change in post-socialist Russia.•We use newly-available remote-sensing data on forest-cover change.•Regions’...”

“...Public policy may be determined as much by what cannot be agreed to by politicians and organized interests as by what can. Focusing on the inability of...”