Political Competition, Agenda Power, and Incentives to Innovate
An Empirical Examination of Vested-Interest Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4075250 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dina Balalaeva (National Research University Higher School of Economics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 413-442 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Policy Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ropr.12130 |
| OpenAlex | W1583519728 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 105 |
Technological innovations are by no means Pareto-improving. I build on the argument that incumbent innovators can use political means to block rival innovations by emphasizing that the competitiveness of political system and some political institutions may diminish their ability to do so. I specify an institutional mechanism of agenda power, which provides newcomers with an improved ability to enter the game. The number of agenda power holders varies significantly among political systems, electoral systems, and administrative structures. With a sample of about 100 countries and across 20 years I show that politically competitive regimes, majoritarian electoral rules, and federal structures supply more holders of agenda power in comparison to their counterparts and, other things being equal, produce more innovations
Argument (complex analysis) · Competition (biology) · Economic system · Economics · Incentive · Industrial organization · Mechanism (biology) · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Public economics · Sample (material) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · International Development and Aid · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2022 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |