This landmark theoretical book is about the mechanisms by which special interest groups affect policy in modern democracies. Defining a special interest group as any organization that takes action on behalf of an identifiable group of voters, Gene Grossman and Elhanan Helpman ask: How do special int[...]

Far more than an intellectual puzzle for pundits, economists, and policymakers, economic growth - its makings and workings - is a subject that affects the well-being of billions of people around the globe. In "The Mystery of Economic Growth", Elhanan Helpman discusses the vast research that has revo[...]

Gene Grossman and Elhanan Helpman are widely acclaimed for their pioneering theoretical studies of how special interest groups seek to influence the policymaking process in democratic societies. This collection of eight of their previously published articles is a companion to their recent monograph,[...]

Macroeconomics and international trade encompass subjects as diverse as tax rates to the theory of the firm. Our global economy combines policies, ideas, agents, and cash flows in a dynamic environment that, in part because of its unpredictability, attracts the attention of the world's best economis[...]

"Institutions and Economic Performance" explores the question of why income per capita varies so greatly across countries. Even taking into account disparities in resources, including physical and human capital, large economic discrepancies remain across countries. Why are some societies but not oth[...]