Interest Group Politics and Economic Growth in the U.S. States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7246342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Virginia Gray (0000-0002-3914-0145, University of Minnesota), David Lowery (0000-0002-6267-9712, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 109-131 |
| Publication date | 1988-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1958061 |
| OpenAlex | W1974046301 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 56 |
| References cited | 18 |
Mancur Olson's model of economic growth has attracted great attention as a theoretical account of how interest groups influence the rate of economic growth over time. Moreover, the model appears to have received strong empirical support in Olson's tests employing U.S. state data. However, the specification of the Olson construct in these tests is insufficiently attentive to the complex causal chain implicit in Olson's argument, inadequately accounts for precisely how interest groups matter, and employs a static research design that obfuscates the cause-and-effect relationships posited by the model. We review these issues and develop a more complete specification of the Olson model. The respecified model is then tested using U.S. state data for the period of the late 1970s and early 1980s using new measures of interest-group influence
Argument (complex analysis · Causal chain · Construct (python library · Economics · Epistemology · Interest group · Mathematical economics · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · State (computer science · Computer Science · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Explaining the Rain
Information and nonmarket strategy
State Legislators and Economic Development
The American States and the Shifting Locus of Positive Economic Intervention
Changing Patterns of Relative State Economic Growth over Time
Old and new data sources and methods for interest group research
Strange Bedfellows
A Renaissance in State Interest Group Studies
Legal Constraints or Aggregate Individual Characteristics? Examining Factors of State R&D Intensity and Spending in the United States
The Differential Impact of the Cultural Revolution on Chinese Provincial Industrial Growth
What Factors Affect Management Quality? State Infrastructure Management and the Government Performance Project
The item veto in the states
State Budget Periodicity
Importance of «weak» states during conflicts
Technology in a fragmented politics
An Application of Herd Theory to Interest Group Behavior
Special-interest groups and growth
The effects of decentralization on special interest groups
The composition and interests of Russia’s business lobbies
Interest Groups and Investment
Interest groups and economic performance
Distributional coalitions, state strength, and economic growth
Income Distribution and War Trauma
Encouraging Pollution‐Free Energy
Education and economic growth in the United States
Thinking about industry decline
Variability in State Policy Priorities
Variation in State Economic Growth
Economic Policy and International Security
Problems of corruption and distrust in political and administrative institutions in Slovenia
Subverting the Organizational Cartel
Interest Group and Political Party Influence on Growth in State Spending and Debt
The Density of State Interest Group Systems
The Decentralization of Business in Britain
Interest Group Activity in the States
The Changing Context of State Political Economy
Public Policies and Economic Growth in the American States
Taxes, Incentives, and Economic Growth
How Much Do Interest Groups Influence State Economic Growth
The Population Ecology of Gucci Gulch, or the Natural Regulation of Interest Group Numbers in the American States
The Dominance of Institutions in Interest Representation
The Correlates of State Policy and the Structure of State Panel Data
Accounting for State Economic Growth
Industry Strength and Immigrant Policy in the American States
The State of State Politics Research
Testing Competing Explanations for Policy Adoption
Expensive Lessons
The Policymaking Role of State Supreme Courts in Education Policy
Interest Group System Density and Diversity
The Impact of Government Spending Levels on Medium-Term Economic Growth in the Oecd, 1960-85
Corporatism Without Labor? Industrial Policymaking in the American States
Ecology of National Rule Birth
Rulemaking Speed in the US States
Influences on Bureaucratic Policy Initiatives in the American States
Industrial Policy and Corporatism in the American States
The Domestic and Global Origins of Transnational Advocacy
The Political economy of growth
The Theory of Economic Regulation
The Rise and Decline of Nations
The Logic of Collective Action
Measuring State Partisanship and Ideology with Survey Data
The Politics of Growth
Taxing, Spending, and Economic Growth in the American States
Interest Groups and Economic Growth Rates
Private Preferences for Public Goods
Rise and Decline of Nations
Political Institutions, Public Policy and Economic Growth
The Political Economy of Economic Growth
The "General Policy Liberalism" Factor in American State Politics
Models of Comparative State Politics
| Unique citing works | 56 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,51 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2026 (38) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 56 |