Research
(updated: October 2020)
My fields are political economy and applied theory. I am mostly interested in environments and polities where institutions such as voting rights or property rights cannot be taken for granted. I study the consequences of such weakly institutionalized environments, but I am especially interested in their origins and dynamics. I am also interested in elections and political campaigns, models of delegation and private politics.
My papers are organized by theme. Click on the links below.
Dynamics of institutions
Culture and peer effects
Weak institutions and political economy of non-democracies
Elections and political economy of democracies
Communication and Delegation
Dynamics of institutions
Institutional Change and Institutional Persistence (new!)
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, and Konstantin Sonin
prepared for the Handbook of Historical Economics, 2020.
Social Mobility and Stability of Democracy
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, and Konstantin Sonin
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2018, 133(2): 1041-1105.
Political Economy in a Changing World
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, and Konstantin Sonin
Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 123(5): 1038-1086.
Dynamics and Stability of Constitutions, Coalitions, and Clubs
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, and Konstantin Sonin
American Economic Review, 2012, 102(4): 1446-1476.
Not-for-publication Appendix
Political Model of Social Evolution
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, and Konstantin Sonin
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011, 108(suppl. 4): 21292-21296.
Not-for-publication Appendix
Equilibrium Refinement in Dynamic Voting Games (Working paper)
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Culture and peer effects
Social Media and Xenophobia: Evidence from Russia (new!)
Leonardo Bursztyn, Georgy Egorov, Ruben Enikolopov, and Maria Petrova
NBER WP #27949.
Divided We Stay Home: Self-isolation and Ethnic Diversity (new!)
Georgy Egorov, Ruben Enikolopov, Alexey Makarin, and Maria Petrova
Journal of Public Economics, conditionally accepted.
From Extreme to Mainstream: The Erosion of Social Norms (updated!)
(formerly circulated as "From Extreme to Mainstream: How Social Norms Unravel")
Leonardo Bursztyn, Georgy Egorov, and Stefano Fiorin
American Economic Review, forthcoming.
Cool to Be Smart or Smart to Be Cool? Understanding Peer Pressure in Education
Leonardo Bursztyn, Georgy Egorov, and Robert Jensen
Review of Economic Studies, 2019, 86(4): 1487-1526.
Weak institutions and political economy of non-democracies
Political Economics of Non-democracy (NEW!)
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
NBER WP #27949.
Elections in Non-Democracies
(formerly circulated as "Incumbency Advantage in Non-Democracies")
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Economic Journal, forthcoming.
The Killing Game: Reputation and Knowledge in Non-Democratic Succession
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Research in Economics, 2015, 69(3) (Special issue on Political Economy): 398-411.
Dictators and Their Viziers: Endogenizing the Loyalty-Competence Trade-off
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9(5): 903-930.
Political Selection and Persistence of Bad Governments
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, and Konstantin Sonin
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010, 125(4): 1511-1575.
Not-for-publication Appendix
Why Resource-Poor Dictators Allow Freer Media:
A Theory and Evidence from Panel Data
Georgy Egorov, Sergei Guriev, and Konstantin Sonin
American Political Science Review, 2009, 103(4): 645-668.
Coalition Formation in Non-Democracies
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, and Konstantin Sonin
Review of Economic Studies, 2008, 75(4), 987-1009.
Do Juntas Lead to Personal Rule?
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, and Konstantin Sonin
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 2009, 99(2), 298-303.
Authoritarian Politics 101: Examples and Exercises
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
The Political Economist Winter 2011 (Newsletter of the Section on Political Economy, American Political Science Association), Winter 2011, XIII(2), pp. 2-4.
Elections and political economy of democracies
Informative Activism vs. Lobbying (coming soon!)
Georgy Egorov and Bard Harstad
Single-Issue Campaigns and Multidimensional Politics
Georgy Egorov
NBER WP 21265
Private Politics and Public Regulation
Georgy Egorov and Bard Harstad
Review of Economic Studies, 2017, 84(4): 1652-1682.
Political Economy of Redistribution
(formerly circulated as "Endogenous Property Rights")
Daniel Diermeier, Georgy Egorov, and Konstantin Sonin
Econometrica, 2017, 85(3): 851-870.
Electoral Rules and Political Selection:
Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan
Andrew Beath, Fotini Christia, Georgy Egorov, and Ruben Enikolopov
Review of Economic Studies, 2016, 83(3): 932-968.
Appendices A,B,C
A Political Theory of Populism
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, and Konstantin Sonin
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2013, 128(2): 771-805.
Not-for-publication Appendix
Political Accountability under Special Interest Politics (Working paper)
Georgy Egorov
Communication and delegation
Persuasion on Networks (new!)
Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
Strategic Communication with Minimal Verification (updated!)
Gabriel Carroll and Georgy Egorov
Econometrica, 2019, 87(6): 1867-1892.
Working paper version with extra results
Delegation and Nonmonetary Incentives
Attila Ambrus and Georgy Egorov
Journal of Economic Theory, 2017, 171: 101-135.
Not-for-publication Appendix
Comment on "Commitment vs. Flexibility"
Attila Ambrus and Georgy Egorov
Econometrica, 2013, 81(5): 2113-2124.
Not-for-publication Appendix
Endogenous Research Agendas (Coming soon!)
Georgy Egorov and Mattias Polborn