Review of Grossman and Helpman's Special Interest Politics
Journal of Economic Literature
2002
In Special Interest Politics Gene Grossman and Elhanan Helpman examine how special-interest groups influence political outcomes for the benefit of their members. The authors take interest groups seriously by considering a range of theories and supporting evidence on interest group activity. Their book provides perspectives on how to study interest group politics and a set of methods for that study. Although the authors present a number of standard models, the book contains much that is new. The reader takes away a multitude of results, tools, models, and new research ideas. The result is an outstanding book full of insight, useful methods, and perspective.
- DOI
- 10.1257/002205102762203611
- Volume
- 40 (4)
- Pages
- 1221-1229
- Language
- en
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