One of the most cherished propositions in economics is that market competition by and large raises consumer welfare …. But whether political competition has similarly virtuous consequences is far less discussed. This paper formulates a model … to explain why political competition may enhance economic performance and uses the United States as a testing ground for …

One of the most cherished propositions in economics is that market competition by and large raises consumer welfare …. But whether political competition has similarly virtuous consequences is far less discussed. This paper formulates a model … to explain why political competition may enhance economic performance and uses the United States as a testing ground for …

I study the effect of increasing competition on financial performance through labour leverage. To capture competition …

comparison with the United States. It has been argued that lack of product market competition and poor corporate governance are … product market competition experience higher rates of productivity growth. We also find weak evidence for the notion that in …

removing barriers to bank entry on bank competition and economic growth. As governments were not concerned about systemic … stability in this period, we are able to isolate the effects of bank competition from those of state implicit guarantees. We … states that retained state bank chartering policies. We argue that the fiercer bank competition following the introduction of …

We formulate a model to explain why the lack of political competition may stifle economic performance and use the … political competition have quantitatively important effects on state income growth, state policies, and quality of Governors. By … our bottom-line estimate, the increase in political competition triggered by the Voting Rights Act raised long-run per …