Jong-A-Pin, Richard; Mierau, Jochen O. - 2011 - Draft: 7 October, 2011
dictator must spread the resources of the economy over his reign but faces mortality and political risk. The model shows that … if the time horizon of the dictator decreases, either due to an increase of mortality risk or political risk, the … robust to sample selection, the tenure of dictators, the definition of dictatorship, and a broad set of economic growth …
