独裁者のGDP成長推計はどの程度信用できるか？ - himaginary’s diaryというJournal of Political Economy論文をMostlyEconomicsが紹介している（ungated(SSRN)版）。原題は「How Much Should We Trust the Dictator’s GDP Growth Estimates?」で、著者はLuis R. Martinez（シカゴ大）。 以下はその要旨。 I study the overstatement of economic growth in autocracies by comparing self-reported GDP figures to night-time light recorded by satellites from outer space. I show that the night-time-light elasticity of GDP is larger in
