Special-Interest Groups and Volatility
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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. Citation: Coates, Dennis, Jac Heckelman, and Bonnie Wilson, (2007) "Special-Interest Groups and Volatility." Economics Bulletin, Vol. 15, No. 18 pp. 1-13 Submitted: July 20, 2007. Accepted: August 21, 2007. URL: http://economicsbulletin.vanderbilt.edu/2007/volume15/EB-07O00005A.pdf
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