This paper assesses the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa using hitherto unexplored variables in … being a function of rent seeking and/or lobbying by de facto power holders is tested. The resulting interesting finding is … that, political interference, rent seeking and lobbying increase the probability of state fragility by mitigating the …

, industrialization in dependent countries in 1960 is found to be significantly lower than in sovereign countries. This result is shown to … particular, the basic results are not affected by the inclusion of a dummy for Sub-Saharan Africa. …

lobbying. In a non-cooperative equilibrium, each country chooses the level of R&D subsidy independently and fails to … internalizes technology spillover but is vulnerable to lobbying by politicians from each country, who attempt to free-ride on the …. Furthermore, this threshold is an increasing function in the effectiveness of lobbying. This paper also considers the possibility …

agricultural protection in the US: (i) legislator preferences, (ii) electoral incentives, or (iii) lobbying. Using data on the roll … agricultural protection, but that legislator preferences and lobbying play a role, too. Moreover, legislator preferences and …

The paper is an attempt to observe the effects of the development of rent-seeking or lobbying groups on the growth pace … policies implemented both at micro and macro level after the 1980s revealed the importance of lobbying effect on policies … examples of the literature on lobbying and its effects on growth. Taking from Mancur Olson’s inspiring book, The Rise and …