correlated with a 1% increase in rent. Market power is substantial: on average, markups account for nearly a third of rents in …

the density bias of price-to-rent ratios in levels and trends, within and between cities. Our method lends itself to the … creation of comparable neighborhood-level qualified rent indices (Mietspiegel) across Germany. …

raised 'where are the rent seekers?' Tullock proposed that rent seeking was restrained by political accountability and 'free …-riding' incentives in interest groups. We affirm Tullock's explanations, which can be extended to locate rent seekers under different … recognition of rent seeking. By excluding rent-seeking losses from the social costs of redistribution, Becker could arrive at a …

. 2) It yields a positive information rent effect exactly when demand is convex. 3) Firms benefit from regulatory risk …

tariff cuts. This rent destruction effect of an FTA can free policy makers to be more aggressive in multi-lateral tariff cuts … an additional driver of Canadian multilateral tariff reductions during the Uruguay Round. -- preferences ; rent …