polarization of the electorate into changes in the distribution of voter ideal positions and consequences of elite polarization …

entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity …

Did the Prussian three-class franchise, which politically over-represented the economic elite, affect policy …

Elite skills have become crucial in today’s superstar economy. We develop a multi-period skillformation model where we … show that individuals with temporary disadvantages must exert greater effort to gain access to elite education. This … year become the superstars. We also show that if young students discount the future “too much”, high requirements to elite …

points higher than others. This facilitated the persistence of that elite group. A systematic analysis of 17,589 documents …

We introduce a dynamic model that investigates the persistence and evolution of elite-dominated societies, where … exit options in the evolution of political inclusiveness across generations. An elite comparatively more mobile than the …

changed. We conclude that elite persistence dominates place-based features such as geography or population preferences in …