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SUMMARY:Development and political economy seminar - Arieda Muço
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DESCRIPTION:We investigate the role that new communication technologies pla
 y in the fall of autocratic regimes. For this\, we use a unique setting: th
 e distribution of photocopy machines\, the Xerox program\, in communist Hun
 gary. The photocopy machines were seen as a transformative technology\, sim
 ilar to the expansion and impact of the Gutenberg press. We use newly digit
 ized data on machine allocation between 1985 and 1989 and show that areas w
 ith machines are more likely to support democratic values\, participate in 
 elections\, and establish more entrepreneurial activity in the short and lo
 ng run. Moreover\, we show that adjacent areas are also affected. Our resul
 ts suggest that new communication technologies help overthrow autocracies b
 y promoting democratic values even when political competition is limited an
 d traditional media is censored.\\n\\nContact: Timothée Demont : timothee
 .demont[at]univ-amu.frHabiba Djebbari : habiba.djebbari[at]univ-amu.fr\n\nP
 lus d'informations: https://amse-aixmarseille.fr/fr/evenements/arieda-mu%C3
 %A7o
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CONTACT:Timothée Demont :&nbsp\;timothee.demont[at]univ-amu.frHabiba Djebb
 ari : habiba.djebbari[at]univ-amu.fr
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