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The real winner's curse

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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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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1111/ajps.12508

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
Politics and International Relations
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Unknown
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Author
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
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EISSN:
1540-5907
ISSN:
0092-5853
Language:
English
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pubs:1049472
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uuid:8e8345f4-d46c-424a-ad6e-55ceafc96ecc
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pubs:1049472
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1049472
Deposit date:
2019-09-05

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