Wilson, Bonnie; Coates, Dennis; Heckelman, Jac - Department of Economics, John Cook School of Business
This paper explores the relationship between special-interest groups and economic growth, using newly assembled data on … observations), we ¯nd support for Mancur Olson's theory that interest group activity reduces economic growth. We also ¯nd evidence … that interest groups are negatively associated with both channels to growth - capital stock growth and productivity growth. …