000013705 001__ 13705 000013705 005__ 20241015042721.0 000013705 02470 $$2doi$$ahttps://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IM0FZN 000013705 037__ $$aRDM 000013705 041__ $$aeng 000013705 245__ $$aReplication Data for: Social Origins of Dictatorship: Elite Networks and Political Transitions in Haiti 000013705 260__ $$bHarvard Dataverse 000013705 269__ $$a2021-05-22 000013705 336__ $$aDataset 000013705 337__ $$aDataset 000013705 347__ $$brtf file 000013705 347__ $$bcsv file 000013705 347__ $$btab file 000013705 520__ $$7Abstract$$aExisting theories of democratic reversals emphasize that elites mount actions like coups when democracy is particularly threatening to their interests. However, existing theory has been largely silent on the role of elite social networks, which interact with economic incentives and may facilitate anti-democratic collective action. We develop a model where coups generate rents for elites and show that the effort an elite puts into a coup is increasing in their network centrality. We empirically explore the model using an original dataset ofHaitian elite networks which we linked to firm-level data. We show that central families were more likely to be accused of participating in the 1991 coup against the democratic Aristide government. We then find that the retail prices of staple goods imported by such elites differentially increase during subsequent periods of non-democracy. Our results suggest that elite social structure is an important factor in democratic reversals. (2021-03-29) 000013705 540__ $$a<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" target="_blank">Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication</a> 000013705 542__ $$fCC0 000013705 6531_ $$ademocracy 000013705 6531_ $$aautocracy 000013705 6531_ $$acoups 000013705 6531_ $$aelites 000013705 6531_ $$asocial networks 000013705 690__ $$aSocial Sciences Division 000013705 690__ $$aHarris School of Public Policy Studies 000013705 691__ $$aPolitical Science 000013705 7001_ $$1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7695-7437$$2ORCID$$aYoung, Lauren E.$$uUniversity of California, Davis 000013705 7001_ $$aNaidu, Suresh$$uColumbia University 000013705 7001_ $$1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8028-0393$$2ORCID$$aRobinson, James A.$$uUniversity of Chicago 000013705 791__ $$aText$$eIsCitedBy$$whttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055421000289$$2DOI$$tSocial Origins of Dictatorships: Elite Networks and Political Transitions in Haiti 000013705 85740 $$uhttps://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IM0FZN$$yLink to research data 000013705 908__ $$aI agree 000013705 909CO $$ooai:uchicago.tind.io:13705$$pGLOBAL_SET 000013705 983__ $$aDataset