@techreport{NBERw10136, title = "Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule", author = "Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson and Thierry Verdier", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "10136", year = "2003", month = "December", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w10136", }