Special-Interest Groups and Volatility

This paper explores the relationship between special-interest groups and volatility of GDP growth. In an unbalanced panel of 108 countries, we find a significant negative relationship between the number of interest groups in a country and the volatility of GDP growth.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Wilson, Bonnie ; Heckelman, Jac ; Coates, Dennis
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 15.2007, 18, p. 1-13
Publisher:	AccessEcon

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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