In his Rise and Decline of Nations, Mancur Olson argues that politically stable countries suffer from declining growth rates caused by the growing influence of distributional coalitions that accumulate over time. The empirical literature supports the notion of a negative relationship between a...

On the basis of our practical experience in applying the classroom game on rent seeking proposed by Goeree and Holt, we suggest two setup modifications and one extension to the original game. The modifications are intended to increase the teaching value of the classroom game by enlarging the...