China's academic autocracy must go

Making Autocracy Work

One of the key goals of political economy is to understand how institutional arrangements shape policy outcomes. This paper studies a comparatively neglected aspect of this –the forces that shape heterogeneous performance of autocracies. The paper develops a simple theoretical model of accountability in the absence of regularized elections. Leadership turnover is managed by a selectorate –a gro...

Autocracy and Revolutions

Existing models of political transitions tend to treat either civil society or the incumbent as a unitary actor. Although useful in specific settings, both these assumptions are unrealistic in most cases and miss important dynamics, especially in cases of revolution. We develop a model of transitions in which two collective action games are nested within a larger political transformation game. ...

Beta-blockers and COPD: the show must go on.

Identification of comorbidities is now recognised as one of the pillars for a comprehensive clinical evaluation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) [1]. Specifically, the burden of coexisting cardiovascular disease in COPD has gained significant attention, with specific algorithms being developed for its clinical detection [2]. The relationship between the heart and COPD is of clini...

Stable coronary disease: Cinderella must go to the ball.

How far must you go to shield a minor's privacy?