{"volume":53,"date_updated":"2025-03-26T11:16:39Z","year":"2023","oa":"1","urn":"urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-30018940","author":[{"last_name":"Panaro","orcid":"0000-0002-6585-6083","id":"426558963","full_name":"Panaro, Angelo Vito","first_name":"Angelo Vito","department":[{"_id":"171261329"}]},{"first_name":"Andrea","full_name":"Vaccaro, Andrea","last_name":"Vaccaro"}],"issue":"2","publication":"Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica","status":"public","abstract":[{"text":"**Abstract**<br>\r\nIn recent decades, there has been an institutional shift in the literature on authoritarian regimes, with scholars investigating the role of political institutions, such as elections and political parties, in shaping regime stability and economic performance. However, scant attention has been devoted to the effect of political institutions on policy outcomes, and more specifically, on income inequality. This paper adds to this debate and sheds light on the role of formal and informal institutions, on the one hand, and state capacity, on the other, in influencing levels of income inequality in autocracies. We argue that, while the presence of elections and multiparty competition creates more favourable conditions for the adoption of redistributive policies, state capacity increases the likelihood of successfully implemented policy decisions aimed at reducing the level of inequality. Our empirical analysis rests on a time-series cross-sectional dataset, which includes around 100 countries from 1972 to 2014. The findings indicate that both political institutions and a higher level of state capacity lead to lower levels of income inequality in authoritarian contexts.","lang":"eng"}],"file_date_updated":"2025-03-26T11:16:04Z","publication_status":"published","type_old":["journalArticle","journalarticle","journal_article"],"publisher":"Cambridge University Press (CUP)","unibi_person":"1","intvolume":"        53","type":"journal_article","keyword":["authoritarianism","income inequality","state capacity","political institutions","legislatures","party competition","ruling coalition"],"date_created":"2025-03-26T10:21:00Z","ddc":["320"],"doi":"10.1017/ipo.2022.17","user_id":"43852568","_id":"3001894","publication_identifier":{"issn":["0048-8402"],"eissn":["2057-4908"]},"page":"161-178","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"first_contributor":"Panaro, Angelo Vito","department":[{"_id":"171261329"}],"file":[{"date_created":"2025-03-26T11:16:04Z","success":1,"access_level":"open_access","relation":"main_file","date_updated":"2025-03-26T11:16:04Z","file_id":"3001912","checksum":"326b64d705cebd9007b7671c48f2acd5","content_type":"application/pdf","file_size":411819,"file_name":"income-inequality-in-authoritarian-regimes-the-role-of-political-institutions-and-state-capacity-1.pdf"}],"citation":{"mla":"Panaro, Angelo Vito, and Vaccaro, Andrea. “Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity”. <em>Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica</em> 53.2 (2023): 161-178.","frontiers":"Panaro, A. V., and Vaccaro, A. (2023). Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity. <em>Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica</em> 53, 161-178.","angewandte-chemie":"A. V.  Panaro, and A.  Vaccaro, “Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity”, <em>Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica</em>, <strong>2023</strong>, <em>53</em>, 161-178.","chicago":"<div style=\"text-indent:-25px; padding-left:25px;padding-bottom:0px;\">Panaro, Angelo Vito, and Vaccaro, Andrea. 2023. “Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity”. <em>Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica</em> 53 (2): 161-178.</div>","wels":"Panaro, A. V.; Vaccaro, A. (2023): Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity <em>Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica</em>,53:(2): 161-178.","dgps":"<div style=\"text-indent:-25px; padding-left:25px;padding-bottom:0px;\">Panaro, A.V. &amp; Vaccaro, A. (2023). Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity. <em>Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica</em>, <em>53</em>(2), 161-178. Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/ipo.2022.17.</div>","ieee":" A.V. Panaro and A. Vaccaro, “Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity”, <em>Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica</em>,  vol. 53, 2023,  pp. 161-178.","ama":"Panaro AV, Vaccaro A. Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity. <em>Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica</em>. 2023;53(2):161-178.","default":"Panaro AV, Vaccaro A (2023) <br /><em>Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica</em> 53(2): 161-178.","apa":"Panaro, A. V., &amp; Vaccaro, A. (2023). Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity. <em>Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica</em>, <em>53</em>(2), 161-178. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2022.17\" target=\"_blank\">https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2022.17</a>","apa_indent":"<div style=\"text-indent:-25px; padding-left:25px;padding-bottom:0px;\">Panaro, A. V., &amp; Vaccaro, A. (2023). Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity. <em>Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica</em>, <em>53</em>(2), 161-178. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2022.17\" target=\"_blank\">https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2022.17</a></div>","lncs":" Panaro, A.V., Vaccaro, A.: Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity. Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica. 53, 161-178 (2023).","harvard1":"Panaro, A.V., &amp; Vaccaro, A., 2023. Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity. <em>Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica</em>, 53(2), p 161-178.","bio1":"Panaro AV, Vaccaro A (2023) <br />Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity.<br />Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 53(2): 161-178."},"title":"Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity"}