Political Competition and Economic Growth

Issue Date January 2001
Volume 12
Issue 1
Page Numbers 58-72
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Under many nondemocratic systems, good policy is bad politics, and bad policy helps leaders stay in office. The result is poorer performance in terms of economic growth.

About the Authors

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

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James D. Morrow

James D. Morrow is professor of political science at the University of Michigan.

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Randolph Siverson

Randolph Siverson is professor of political science at the University of California–Davis.

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Alastair Smith

Alastair Smith is assistant professor of political science at Yale University.

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