This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been … sector, and show that in a feudal society (dominated by landed elites) productivity-enhancing public investments like the …

This paper develops a model in which the interaction of entrepreneurial investments and power of the owners of land or … resources promotes structural change and growth through two channels: First, by weakening oligopsony power of owners and thereby … earned in the primary goods sector. Second, by shifting the distribution of political power from resource owners towards the …

This paper analyzes the determinants of local institutions and distribution of political power within a constant 'macro … political power are partly inherited from the colonial histories experienced by different areas of the country. Municipalities …

This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been … sector, and show that in a feudal society (dominated by landed elites) productivity-enhancing public investments like the …

dictatorships. Nondemocratic regimes need the use of force in order to remain in power, but this creates a political moral hazard … problem; a strong military may not simply work as an agent of the elite but may turn against them in order to create a regime … not sufficient, the military can take action against a nondemocratic regime in order to create its own dictatorship. A …

. Besides a variety of violent confrontations ranging from riots, revolts and power wars between secular sovereigns, the data …

contemporary economic growth and social performance. In a Schumpeterian fashion, MNC penetration reflects the power, which …