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Determinants of interest group formation |
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| Authors: | Dennis Coates Jac C. Heckelman Bonnie Wilson |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA 2. Department of Economics, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, USA 3. Department of Economics, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA |
| Abstract: | It is widely recognized that interest groups affect both microeconomic and macroeconomic outcomes. However, few researchers have attempted to discern empirically the factors that contribute to interest group activity. This paper provides a test of several theories of group formation in a panel setting. A nation’s stability, socioeconomic development, political system, size, and diversity all appear to contribute to interest group formation, as predicted by theory. |
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