Purchasing Power
Oil, Elections and Regime Durability in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12298010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrea Kendall-Taylor (Bethesda University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 737-760 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Europe Asia Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-8136 • E-ISSN: 1465-3427 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09668136.2012.671567 |
| OpenAlex | W2050101985 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article examines the link between oil abundance and regime durability by providing insight into how and why oil-rich leaders use elections to maintain power. Using data from presidential elections in Central Asia, the article argues that oil-rich leaders are better able to manipulate their economies in the run-up to elections than their resource-poor counterparts. Oil-rich leaders use oil profits to increase pre-electoral spending to increase popular support, to deter potential opposition and to secure elite loyalty. Such electorally timed increases in spending help oil-rich leaders increase their re-election prospects and ensure their continued control over their countries' resources
Autocracy · Business · Democracy · Economics · Elite · Incentive · Information asymmetry · Market economy · Monetary economics · Moral hazard · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Reputation · Global Energy Security and Policy · Law · Natural Resources and Economic Development · Russia and Soviet political economy · Finance
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.75 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |