Thursday, November 21
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Dictators Under The Weather

Speakers:

Ben ZissimosUniversity of Exeter

 
10
March,
2023
03:30 PM to 05:00 PM (IST)

Abstract:-
We show how and when dictatorships are able to use international trade policy to forestall democratization in the face of weather shocks. Our model shows when a domestic weather shock creates the threat of a revolution. Under a ‘mild’ weather shock, the dictatorship are able to defuse the threat of revolution by setting a ‘status quo policy’. Under a ‘severe’ weather shock, the dictatorship face a commitment problem: they must democratize in order to defuse the threat of revolution. Using a dataset of Sub-Saharan African countries, we find econometric results that are consistent with the predictions of our model.

(jointly with Kishore Gawande)

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Date & Time

10-03-2023
03:30 PM
to 05:00 PM (IST)

Location

Anywhere

Event Type

IEG Seminar

Event Category

Past event

Speaker(s)

Ben Zissimos

University of Exeter

Moderator(s)

Oindrila De

Assistant Professor