This set of books is a collection of significant contributions to the theory of rent-seeking, from its very beginning to the present. Reserachers working in this field will find it useful to have these texts as a reference manual. The extensive introductions survey the field and guide the reader...

The two volume Oxford Handbook of Public Choice provides a comprehensive overview of the Public Choice literature. Volume 1 covers rational choice models of elections, interest groups, rent seeking, and public choice contributions to normative political economy. It begins with introductory...

The two volume Oxford Handbook of Public Choice provides a comprehensive overview of the Public Choice literature. Volume 2 covers constitutional political economy and applications of public-choice models to various policy areas. Part V has chapters on the architecture of governance, the theory...