@techreport{NBERw12108,
 title = "Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions",
 author = "Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "12108",
 year = "2006",
 month = "March",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w12108",
}