Political Competition and Economic Growth

Issue Date January 2001
Volume 12
Issue 1
Page Numbers 58-72
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Under many nondemocratic systems, good policy is bad politics, and bad policy helps leaders stay in office. The result is poorer performance in terms of economic growth. 

Further Reading

Volume 17, Issue 1

Postcommunist Central Banks: A Democratic Deficit?

Independent central banks throughout the former Soviet Union suffer from a dual democratic deficit. How can they gain greater democratic legitimacy without compromising their countries' economic health?

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A review of Pax Technica: How the Internet of Things May Set Us Free or Lock Us Up by Philip N. Howard