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Democracy and Corruption: A Global Time-Series Analysis with V-Dem Data
(2017)
Theory predicts democracy should reduce corruption. Yet, numerous scholars have found empirically that corruption decreases at high levels of democracy but actually increases at low levels. A key weaknesses of studies ...
Experts, Coders, and Crowds: An analysis of substitutability
(2017)
Recent work suggests that crowd workers can replace experts and trained coders in common coding tasks. However, while many political science applications require coders to both and relevant information and provide judgment, ...
State Capacity, Incumbent Turnover and Democratic Change in Authoritarian Elections
(2017)
Under what conditions do elections lead to democratization or conversely, sustain authoritarianism? State capacity may be a crucial intervening variable affecting the democratizing power of elections in authoritarian ...