#5 "Authoritarian Rallying as Reputational Cascade? Evidence from Putin’s Popularity Surge after Crimea" by Henry E. Hale

When popularity surges for an authoritarian ruler, are the presented numbers accurate? Is the government lying about how much support there is? Or, is the government reporting the actual numbers, but people are lying? In this study, Hale shows us the degree to which people may be lying about their support.