Journal article
The real winner's curse
- Abstract:
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Traditional theories of democracy suggest that political representation of excluded groups can reduce their incentives to engage in conflict and lead to lower violence. However, this argument ignores the response of established elites when (1) their interests are threatened by the policy stance of new political actors and (2) elites have a comparative advantage in the exercise of violence. Using a regression discontinuity approach, we show that the narrow election of previously excluded left‐...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- American Journal of Political Science Journal website
- Volume:
- 65
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 52-68
- Publication date:
- 2020-02-27
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-07-30
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1540-5907
- ISSN:
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0092-5853
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:1049472
- UUID:
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uuid:8e8345f4-d46c-424a-ad6e-55ceafc96ecc
- Local pid:
- pubs:1049472
- Source identifiers:
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1049472
- Deposit date:
- 2019-09-05
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- Copyright holder:
- Midwest Political Science Association
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © 2020 Midwest Political Science Association.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12508
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