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We examine whether economic and military competence of political leaders affect their duration in office. We introduce …
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This paper examines the effectiveness of leaders in addressing coordination failure in societies with ethnic or … in India. We find that religious minority leaders (Muslims) improve coordination, while majority leaders (Hindus) do not …
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Individual leaders have been central to the transformation of political institutions, organizations and many instances … of social and economic reform. Why are some leaders able to take advantage of opportunities to successfully catalyze …
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A leader of an organization may view a subordinate as threatening or weakening the leader's position. The threat may increase with the subordinate's ability and reduce the rents the leader wins. In particular, a leader who trains his subordinate reduces the cost to the owner of a firm in...
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Individual leaders have been central to the transformation of political institutions, organizations and many instances … of social and economic reform. Why are some leaders able to take advantage of opportunities to successfully catalyze …
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institutional authorities, the power of leaders to coerce is limited. Under such conditions, we find that social outcomes will … good are conceived by other society's members. The paper has three main results: (1) Leaders in un … willing to compromise on favored policies in order to gain better leaders. (2) Under imperfect information regarding …
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