Ruling elites' rotation and asset ownership: implications for property rights
In: Public choice, Band 162, Heft 1, S. 159-182
ISSN: 1573-7101
We provide a theory and empirical evidence indicating that the rotation of ruling elites in conjunction with elites' asset ownership could improve property rights protection in non-democracies. The mechanism that upholds property rights is based on elites' concern about the security of their own asset ownership in the event they lose power. Such incentives provide a solution to the credible commitment problem in maintaining secure property rights when institutional restrictions on expropriation are weak or absent. Adapted from the source document.