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SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar: Nicola Fontana - Trinity College Dublin
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:<p><em><strong>When the Dictator is in Town</strong></em></p><p>Abstract:</
 p><p style="text-align: justify;">Do dictators need aligned bureaucrats? We
  examine the impact of exposure to the autocratic leader on one key tool at
  dictatorships’ disposal to maintain power: repression. Focusing on Italy’s
  Fascist dictatorship (1926-1939), the paper utilizes newly gathered data o
 n visits by Mussolini. Using the temporal and geographical variation of the
 se visits in a staggered difference-in-differences framework, we show that 
 a visit by Mussolini significantly increased repression. The results sugges
 t a top-down mechanism, driven by increased policing and allocation of bure
 aucrats aligned with the regime’s goals.</p>
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