Authoritarian regimes frequently leave in their wake a series of negative legacies that have not received sufficient attention in the literature on transitions, and even less by transitional justice measures. This paper examines the political economy of transitions from authoritarianism. In particular, it looks at the economic legacies of authoritarianism-unproductive expenditures, undisciplined rent-seeking, and macroeconomic destabilization-and their implications for democratization and transitional justice.
