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 …

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