CPE Research Grant Recipient
Eddy Malesky
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Project Location: Vietnam
Project Description:
Recent scholars have argued that authoritarian regimes that co-opt oppositional parties into an effective legislature last longer than under-institutionalized regimes, are less likely to experience civil conflict, and provide more stable economic environments, which leads to faster economic growth. Professor Malesky’s project seeks to provide empirical evidence to back up this theoretical argument by examining Vietnam’s National Assembly (VNA), which has been dominated by the Communist Party. This project has two goals: (1) to conduct an exhaustive analysis of the query sessions, whether delegates represent their constituencies, and whether ministerial behavior changes in regards to this query; and (2) how citizens respond to information about delegate behavior.
