Rational Dictators and the Killing of Innocents : Data from Stalin's Archives

We posit a rational choice model of dictatorship to explain the tendency of dictators to repress innocent citizens. This model demonstrates that, when the quality of information about regime enemies is low, a rational dictator will knowingly kill and imprison citizens who are not real enemies. We use the formerly secret Stalin archives to test this proposition against the stylized facts of Stalin's three major repressions

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Year of publication:	[2019]
Authors:	Gregory, Paul R.
Other Persons:	Schröder, Philipp J. H. (contributor) ; Sonin, Konstantin (contributor)
Publisher:	[2019]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Rationalität \| Rationality \| Diktatur \| Dictatorship \| Sowjetunion \| USSR \| Völkerrechtsverbrechen \| Crimes against international law

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (9 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments November 1, 2006 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.948667 [DOI]
Classification:	P00 - Economic Systems. General ; N44 - Europe: 1913- ; P26 - Political Economy; Property Rights
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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