They forgot to add "Sir Lord" before your name =D jokes aside, thank you for your and Philipp work!

Your name looks cooler in that font haha

Happy to chat about the source of agreement/disagreement too

Thank you, Sara. This is so kind of you. Let me know if you need any further recommendations =)

Thank you all who helped us on the way =)

We also discard many alternative hypotheses stemming from other party characteristics, factionalism, ideology, democratic culture, regime origins, economic development & inequality, leaders’ tenure, personality cults, and military power. Too much work in here!

Employing a panel matching estimator, we found strong evidence in support of our argument, as well as the causal mechanisms wherein the autocrats provide "carrots" to the military and employ "sticks" to citizens and the opposition by strengthening coercion and controls.

When the party is founded in violent struggles, elite divisions do not result in liberalizing autocratic countries. Under such regimes, alliances between the dictator and military are credibly tight, so the autocrats crack down on regime threats led by elite schism

In the paper, we explore when elite divisions in dictatorships lead to political liberalization, arguing how autocrats create their ruling party is crucial

Employing a panel matching estimator, we found strong evidence in support of our argument, as well as the causal mechanisms wherein the autocrats provide "carrots" to the military and employ "sticks" to citizens and the opposition by strengthening coercion and controls.

When the party is founded in national struggles, elite divisions do not result in liberalizing autocratic countries. Under such regimes, alliances between the dictator and military are credibly tight, so the autocrats crack down on regime threats led by elite schism

In the paper, we explore when elite divisions in dictatorships lead to political liberalization, arguing how autocrats create their ruling party is crucial.

Thank you, Magnus :') I am really glad that you like it.

And...it is Friday...so yeah! Celebrate! :D