caa a22 4500 47584064X CHVBK 20180406123900.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005170910936 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005170910936 Heckelman Jac Wake Forest University, P.O. Box 7505, 27109, Winston-Salem, NC, U.S.A. aut Consistent Estimates of the Impact of Special Interest Groups on Economic Growth [Elektronische Daten] [Jac Heckelman] Empirical studies designed to testOlson's (1982) theory of institutional sclerosis aretypically forced to rely upon proxies to measure theability of special interest groups to engage inredistributive activities, which in turn areexpected to hinder economic growth. This note showsthat reliance on proxies biases the estimates towardzero. Here, instrumental variable routines areutilized which increase the estimated impact ofspecial interests on the economy. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Public Choice Kluwer Academic Publishers 104/3-4(2000-09-01), 319-327 0048-5829 104:3-4<319 2000 104 11127 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005170910936 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005170910936 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Heckelman Jac Wake Forest University, P.O. Box 7505, 27109, Winston-Salem, NC, U.S.A aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Public Choice Kluwer Academic Publishers 104/3-4(2000-09-01), 319-327 0048-5829 104:3-4<319 2000 104 11127 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer