Economics and Politics
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SOCIAL COHESION, INSTITUTIONS, AND GROWTH
Economics and Politics - Tập 18 Số 2 - Trang 103-120 - 2006
We present evidence that measures of “social cohesion,” such as income
inequality and ethnic fractionalization, endogenously determine institutional
quality, which in turn causally determines growth.
THE PARADOX OF POWER*
Economics and Politics - Tập 3 Số 3 - Trang 177-200 - 1991
In power struggles, the strong might be expected to grow ever stronger and the
weak weaker still. But in actuality, poorer or smaller combatants often end up
improving their position relative to richer or larger ones. This is the paradox
of power. The explanation is that initially poorer contenders are rationally
motivated to fight harder, to invest relatively more in conflictual activity.
Only wh...
INEQUALITY, REDISTRIBUTION, AND RENT‐SEEKING
Economics and Politics - Tập 16 Số 3 - Trang 287-320 - 2004
This paper presents a non‐median voter model of redistribution in which greater
inequality leads to lower redistribution. Bargaining between interest groups and
politicians over exemptions implies that individuals with sufficiently high
income will not pay taxes in equilibrium. Therefore, voters will set tax rates
low enough so as to control the incentives for rent‐seeking. An increase in
inequali...
The Institutional Environment for Economic Growth
Economics and Politics - Tập 12 Số 1 - Trang 1-31 - 2000
This article forges an explicit link between an objective measure of political
constraints and variation in cross‐national growth rates. It derives a new
measure of political constraints from a simple spatial model of political
interaction that incorporates information on the number of independent branches
of government with veto power and the distribution of preferences across and
within those br...
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