Do All Bad Things Go Together? Electoral Authoritarianism and the Consequences of Political Change Short of DemocratisationFootnote^*

* This paper is part of a research project on ‘The economic, social and political consequences of democratic reforms. A quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis’ (COD), funded by a Starting Grant of the European Research Council (Grant Agreement no. 262873, ‘Ideas’, 7th Framework Programme of the EU).

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