Democracy has many attractive features. Among them is its tendency to track the truth, at
least under certain idealized assumptions. That basic result has been known since 1785 …

I develop a theory of propaganda which affects mass behavior without necessarily affecting
mass beliefs. A group of citizens observe a signal of their government's performance, which …

Why would an authoritarian regime allow citizens to voice opinions publicly if the exchange
of information among citizens spurs social instability as has been often alleged? We show …

The purpose of this article is to analyze resilient female leadership as a sustainable
promoter of business excellence in small and medium-sized Wayuu handicraft marketing …

To contain the spread of the COVID-19, governments have designed and implemented a
large range of exceptional measures. Yet, the restrictive nature of the policy options chosen …

We model the internal game between the leader and the factions of a party, to study the
effect of party leadership on the determinants of electoral success. Factions are of interest or …

This paper proposes a novel theoretical framework to study the features of mass purges in
authoritarian regimes. We contend that mass purges are an instrument of top-down …

Succession to monarchical thrones has often generated violent conflicts among royal
families in Ghanaian communities. Numerous conflict resolution approaches are often …

Autocrats confront a number of threats to their power, some from within the regime and
others from foreign actors. To understand how these threats interact and affect autocratic …

Contemporary software projects are unique and volatile, leading development teams to
modify standard development processes and continue to make adjustments as needed …