Government, special interest groups, and economic growth

✍ Scribed by John McCallum; André Blais

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 952 KB
• Volume: 54
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0048-5829
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00123801

✦ Synopsis

This study is concerned with the reasons why different countries have grown at different rates over the past 25 years. The primary focus is on the role of government and the role of special interest groups as emphasized by Olson (1982). The paper is organized as follows. Part 1 sets out the basic approach, Part 2 defines and discusses the variables, Part 3 presents empirical results, Part 4 attempts to reconcile the results with conflicting findings of Weede (1984) and Landau (1985), Part 5 provides an interpretation of the results, and Part 6 presents conclusions.