?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F3915%2F&rft.title=Collective+Memories%2C+Propaganda+and+Authoritarian+Political+Support&rft.creator=Belmonte%2C+Alessandro&rft.creator=Rochlitz%2C+Michael&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.subject=JA+Political+science+(General)&rft.description=To+what+extent+does+the+degree+of+authoritarian+political+support+depend+on+collective+memories+of+a+past+experience+with+democracy%3F+And+how+costly+is+it+for+a+dictator+to+manipulate+such+memories+with+the+help+of+propaganda%3F+In+this+paper%2C+we+develop+a+political+economy+model+with+endogenous+reference+points%2C+where+a+dictator+strategically+recalls+traumatic+collective+memories+of+past+political+instability+with+the+help+of+propaganda%2C+to+convince+the+population+that+an+autocratic+status+quo+is+superior+to+a+potential+democratic+alternative.+In+our%0D%0Amodel%2C+both+the+optimal+level+of+propaganda+and+collective+memories+are+jointly+determined.+We+show+how+the+marginal+benefit+of+propaganda+is+positively+correlated+both+with+the+amount+of+rent+distribution+within+the+elite%2C+and+the+intensity+of+a+past+traumatic+experience+with+democracy.+We+illustrate+our+theoretical+findings%0D%0Awith+case-studies+of+two+authoritarian+regimes+that+were+preceded+by+periods+of+political+instability%E2%80%94the+Russian+Federation+under+Vladimir+Putin%2C+and+Chile+under+Augusto+Pinochet.+We+then+also+provide+cross-country+empirical+evidence+in+support+of+our+argument.&rft.publisher=National+Research+University+Higher+School+of+Economics+(HSE)+-+Series+Political+Science+-+WP+BRP+43%2FPS%2F2017&rft.date=2017&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nc_nd&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F3915%2F1%2F43PS2017.pdf&rft.identifier=++Belmonte%2C+Alessandro+and+Rochlitz%2C+Michael++Collective+Memories%2C+Propaganda+and+Authoritarian+Political+Support.++Working+Paper+++National+Research+University+Higher+School+of+Economics+(HSE)+-+Series+Political+Science+-+WP+BRP+43%2FPS%2F2017+++++++(Unpublished)+++