The political agenda effect and state centralization

We provide a potential explanation, based on the "political agenda effect", for the absence of, and unwillingness to create, centralized power in the hands of a national state. State centralization induces citizens of different backgrounds, interests, regions or ethnicities to coordinate t...

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Main Author: Acemoglu, K. Daron (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV, 2021-04-01T12:04:59Z.
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