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:	2007-07
Authors:	Wilson, Bonnie ; Coates, Dennis ; Heckelman, Jac
Institutions:	Department of Economics, John Cook School of Business
Subject:	special interest groups \| volatility

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Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in Economics Bulletin, August 21, 2007, Vol. 15, No. 18 13 pages
Classification:	D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making ; O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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