Showing 1 - 3 of 3
This paper analyzes whether political outcomes in local democracies are determinedby the preferences of the median -typically poor- agents or whether they reflect thewishes of the wealthy elites. A model shows that when politicians belonging to differentgroups can form coalitions, the wealthy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870957
One of the key goals of political economy is to understand how in-stitutional arrangements shape policy outcomes. This paper studiesa comparatively neglected aspect of this - the forces that shape het-erogeneous performance of autocracies. The paper develops a simpletheoretical model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009248828
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003535645