When Do Special Interests Run Rampant? Disentangling the Role in Banking Crises of Elections, Incomplete Information, and Checks and Balances
The author investigates the political determinants of government decisions that benefit special interest groups - especially government decisions to deal with banking crises. He finds that the better informed the voters, the more proximate elections, and the larger the number of political veto playe...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19966 |