Elite Defection under Autocracy: Evidence from Russia
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DOI: 10.1017/s0003055419000030
Abstract: Elite cohesion is a fundamental pillar of authoritarian stability. High-level defections can signal weakness, embolden the opposition, and sometimes, lead to regime collapse. Using a dataset of 4,291 ruling party candidates in Russia, this paper… read more here.
Keywords: defection autocracy; defection; evidence russia; opposition ... See more keywords
Fragile Proxies: Explaining Rebel Defection Against Their State Sponsors
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DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2015.1092437
Abstract: ABSTRACT Foreign governments frequently intervene in armed conflicts by sponsoring rebels against their adversaries. A sponsorship is less costly than a direct military intervention, but rebels often defy orders, desert fighting, or turn guns against… read more here.
Keywords: rebel defection; defection; rebel; fragile proxies ... See more keywords
Militias as a Tool for Encouraging Ethnic Defection: Evidence from Iraq and Sudan
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DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2020.1863793
Abstract: Ethnic defection and pro-government militias are two recurring features of ethnic conflicts. There is a strong connection between these two elements, with incumbents using militias to absorb defect... read more here.
Keywords: defection evidence; ethnic defection; defection; encouraging ethnic ... See more keywords
Clustering Prediction Techniques in Defining and Predicting Customers Defection: The Case of E-Commerce Context
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DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v8i4.pp2367-2383
Abstract: With the growth of the e-commerce sector, customers have more choices, a fact which encourages them to divide their purchases amongst several e-commerce sites and compare their competitors’ products, yet this increases high risks of… read more here.
Keywords: commerce; defection; customer; commerce context ... See more keywords
Motivations to reciprocate cooperation and punish defection are calibrated by estimates of how easily others can switch partners
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267153
Abstract: Evolutionary models of dyadic cooperation demonstrate that selection favors different strategies for reciprocity depending on opportunities to choose alternative partners. We propose that selection has favored mechanisms that estimate the extent to which others can… read more here.
Keywords: defection; ecology; motivations reciprocate; partner ... See more keywords