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The Political Economy of Dictatorship

Ronald Wintrobe · Cambridge University Press · 1998

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Type
Book
Author
Ronald Wintrobe
Identifier
DOI 10.1017/CBO9781139174916
Accessed
2026-09-01
Reliability notes
ISBN 9780521583299.

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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.