French J). The question before the court was whether an advertisement setting out the periodic rent payable for the lease of … goods should also show the total rent payable over the term (at 48,525). …

This paper examines the generation of resource rent during the transition from an over-exploited to an efficiently … the quota market is required in order to draw correct inferences about rent generation. …

the term "rent seeking' to refer to the expending of scarce resources by entrepreneurs to fight for rents created through … pervasive since the latter part of the 1800s, opportunities have been created for rent seeking. This type of activity has helped …

several factors, including, evidence of massive private sector profit making, the failure of private sector financiers to … with the goal of securing favourable profit and risk outcomes. These dynamics are illustrated with reference to the history …

and cost functions. Whenever profit is maximized, one is the reciprocal of the other. The cost function has not a defined … profit is zero, after all factor of production gets its share. The paper extends the cost function to several products, and …

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study is to analyse the cost and profit efficiency of banksin South Africa. The cost … verysimplistic and does not provide enough insight on real profit efficiency.This research uses a stochastic frontier model to … and profitefficiencies, with the most cost efficient banks also being most profit efficient.With regard to bank size, cost …