We show that drought-induced changes in the intensity of riots lead to moves toward
democracy in sub-Saharan Africa and that these changes are often a result of concessions …

Using a newly expanded set of 41 social tables from premodern societies, this article tries to
identify the factors associated with the level of inequality and the inequality extraction ratio …

The Great Reform Act of 1832 was a watershed for democracy in Great Britain. We study the
vote on 22 March 1831 in the House of Commons to test three competing theories of …

Urban bias in government policy is a common phenomenon in many developing countries.
Bates (1981) has famously argued that the wish to industrialize, paired with the political clout …

Collective violence often erupts suddenly and diffuses quickly. We use the Swing riots in
1830-31 to provide new evidence for the mechanisms underlying this process. We study the …

There exists a tremendous number of studies in strategy and management journals
concerning contracting issues between private firms. Those studies are usually grounded in …

Social unrest often erupts suddenly and diffuses quickly. What drives people to overcome
their collective action problem and join a riot or protest, turning what is initially a small event …

В работе разрабатывается и тестируется модель влияния географических,
технологических и политических факторов на потенциал коллективных действий в …

In non-democracies, a large population size and density lead to more redistributive policies
and lower income inequality. This is the result of the interconnection of two intermediate …

Using the newly expanded set of 40 social tables from pre-modern societies, the paper tries
to find out the factors associated with the level of inequality and the inequality extraction ratio …