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Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development

Mancur Olson · American Political Science Review, 87(3), 567–576 · 1993

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Type: Article
Author: Mancur Olson
Identifier: DOI 10.2307/2938736
Accessed: 2026-09-01

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TheoryOlson argued that a bandit who settles and monopolises theft in a territory gains an encompassing interest in his subjects' output, and therefore limits taxation and provides order and public goods, whereas roving bandits have no such incentive.TheoryOlson contrasted 'roving bandits', who simply plunder, with 'stationary bandits' who monopolise theft in a territory and therefore have an interest in limiting extraction and promoting prosperity.