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Konstantin Sonin
John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, Harris Public Policy; Co-Director of BFI Political Economics Initiative
Konstantin Sonin is John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. His research interests include political economics, conflict, development, and economic theory. His papers have been published in leading academic journals in economics and political science.
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- Jul 15, 2023Information Manipulation and Repression: A Theory and Evidence from the COVID Response in Russia
- Jul 10, 2023Electoral College and Election Fraud
- Jun 2, 2022The Political Economics of Non-democracy
- Jan 29, 2022Rebel Capacity, Intelligence Gathering, and Combat Tactics
- Apr 2, 2021Information Operations Increase Civilian Security Cooperation
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- Nov 30, 2020Political Economy of Crisis Response
- Oct 19, 2020Poverty and Economic Dislocation Reduce Compliance with COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Protocols
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- Sep 14, 2020The Historical Perspective on the Trump Puzzle: A Review of Barry Eichengreen’s “The Populist Temptation: Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era”
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- Jul 17, 2020How Does Kompromat Affect Politics? A Model of Transparency Regimes
- May 30, 2019Media Freedom in the Shadow of a Coup
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- Aug 23, 2022Information Manipulation and Repression: A Theory and Evidence from the COVID Response in Russia
- Jun 1, 2020Key Economic Facts About COVID-19
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