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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Political Losers as a Barrier to Economic Development

  • Daron Acemoglu
  • James A. Robinson
American Economic Review
vol. 90, no. 2, May 2000
(pp. 126–130)
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Citation

Acemoglu, Daron, and James A. Robinson. 2000. "Political Losers as a Barrier to Economic Development." American Economic Review, 90 (2): 126–130. DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.2.126

JEL Classification

  • O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
  • P16 Capitalist Systems: Political Economy
  • O14 Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology