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Overview

Toke S. Aidt is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several areas within economics, political science, and sociology, with a significant focus on historical economic and social studies as well as political participation and electoral systems.

Their recent publications include:

  • The Social Dynamics of Collective Action: Evidence from the Diffusion of the Swing Riots, 1830-1831 (2021, The Journal of Politics)
  • The Interaction of Structural Factors and Diffusion in Social Unrest: Evidence from the Swing Riots (2021, British Journal of Political Science)
  • Who takes bribes and how much? Evidence from the China Corruption Conviction Databank (2020, World Development)
  • Franchise extension and fiscal structure in the UK 1820-1913: a new test of the Redistribution Hypothesis (2021, Cliometrica)
  • The Origins of Elite Persistence: Evidence from Political Purges in Post-World War II France (2022, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Aidt's co-authorship network includes collaborations with Gabriel León, Max Satchell, Zareh Asatryan, Lusine Badalyan, and Stanley L. Winer.

The frequent publication venues for Aidt's work are:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Economic Literature
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge)
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials

The main fields of study where Aidt has contributed include:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Strategy and Management
  • Demography

Subfields showing Aidt's research focus are:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Strategy and Management
  • Demography

The main topics covered across Aidt's publications include:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Capital and Networks
  • Historical Economic and Social Studies
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
  • Franchising Strategies and Performance
  • Local Government Finance and Decentralization
  • Economic Theory and Policy

This profile reflects a research agenda deeply engaged with the intersections of political structures and economic outcomes, with a recurrent interest in historical processes and social capital dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Economic analysis of corruption: a survey*

    Toke S. Aidt

  • Corruption, Institutions and Economic Development

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  • Governance regimes, corruption and growth: theory and evidence

    Toke Aidt;Jayasri Dutta;Vania Sena

  • Unions and Collective Bargaining: Economic Effects in a Global Environment

    Toke Aidt;Zafiris Tzannatos

  • Political internalization of economic externalities and environmental policy

    Toke S. Aidt

  • Corruption, institutions, and economic development

    Toke S. Aidt

  • Democracy comes to Europe: Franchise extension and fiscal outcomes 1830–1938

    T.S. Aidt;Jayasri Dutta;Elena Loukoianova

  • Election results and opportunistic policies: A new test of the rational political business cycle model

    Toke S. Aidt;Francisco José Veiga;Linda Gonçalves Veiga

  • Democratization Under the Threat of Revolution: Evidence From the Great Reform Act of 1832

    Toke S. Aidt;Raphaël Franck

  • The taxman tools up: An event history study of the introduction of the personal income tax☆

    Toke S. Aidt;Peter S. Jensen

  • Female voting power: the contribution of women’s suffrage to the growth of social spending in Western Europe (1869–1960)

    Toke S. Aidt;Bianca Dallal

  • Workers of the world, unite! Franchise extensions and the threat of revolution in Europe, 1820–1938

    Toke S. Aidt;Peter S. Jensen

  • Corruption and Sustainable Development

    Toke S. Aidt

  • Tax structure, size of government, and the extension of the voting franchise in Western Europe, 1860–1938

    Toke S. Aidt;Peter S. Jensen

  • Rent seeking and the economics of corruption

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  • Rent seeking and the economics of corruption

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  • Unions and Collective Bargaining

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  • Trade unions, collective bargaining and macroeconomic performance: a review

    Toke S. Aidt;Zafiris Tzannatos

  • The Democratic Window of Opportunity: Evidence from Riots in sub-Saharan Africa

    Toke S. Aidt;Gabriel Leon

  • Corruption and Sustainable Development

    Toke S. Aidt

  • Economic voting and information

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  • Economic Analysis of Corruption: A Survey

    Toke Skovsgaard Aidt

  • Political competition, electoral participation and public finance in 20th century Latin America

    Toke S. Aidt;Dalibor S. Eterovic

  • Fiscal Federalism and Electoral Accountability

    Toke S. Aidt;Jayasri Dutta

  • Do Autocratic States Trade Less

    Toke S. Aidt;Martin Gassebner

  • The Retrenchment Hypothesis and the Extension of the Franchise in England and Wales

    Toke S. Aidt;Martin Daunton;Jayasri Dutta

  • Green taxes: Refunding rules and lobbying

    Toke S. Aidt

  • Distributive Politics and Electoral Incentives: Evidence from Seven US State Legislatures

    Toke S. Aidt;Julia Shvets

  • Voting suffrage and the political budget cycle: Evidence from the London Metropolitan Boroughs 1902–1937

    Toke S. Aidt;Graham Mooney

  • Incumbents and Criminals in the Indian National Legislature

    Toke S. Aidt;Miriam A. Golden;Devesh Tiwari

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco Veiga
Francisco Veiga University of Coimbra
Miriam A. Golden
Miriam A. Golden Stanford University
Kai A. Konrad
Kai A. Konrad Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
Arye L. Hillman
Arye L. Hillman Bar-Ilan University
Anthony B. Atkinson
Anthony B. Atkinson London School of Economics and Political Science
Dan Kovenock
Dan Kovenock Chapman University
Christian Bjørnskov
Christian Bjørnskov Aarhus University
Gert Tinggaard Svendsen
Gert Tinggaard Svendsen Aarhus University

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