This research argues that in highly unequal societies, a rent-seeking and self-maximizing dictator may be supported by a fraction of the population, despite the absence of special benefits to these societal groups. Importantly, it is the stakes of the dictator in the economy, in the form of...

We correct an intermediate mistake in Barelli and Pessôa [Barelli P. and Pessôa S. de A., 2003, "Inada conditions imply that production function must be asymptotically Cobb-Douglas," Economics Letters 81, 361-363] and show that the main result is still valid. We also show that Barelli and...