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Political Competition and Economic Growth
- Journal of Democracy
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 12, Number 1, January 2001
- pp. 58-72
- 10.1353/jod.2001.0011
- Article
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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.