According to Mancur Olson,transfer-promoting policies are more likely to be lobbied for instead of growth-promoting policies when a country has a relatively large number of special-interest groups.

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Mancur Olson's theory of collective action suggests that in societies with many interest groups, it is easier for a small group with a concentrated interest to lobby for benefits at the expense of the broader public interest. Therefore, transfer-promoting policies (i.e. policies that redistribute wealth from one group to another) are more likely to be pursued and successfully implemented than growth-promoting policies that benefit the entire society.

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