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The economic theory of rent seeking
Tollison, Robert - In: Public Choice 152 (2012) 1, pp. 73-82
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The Origin Rent-Seeking Concept
Tullock, Gordon - In: International Journal of Business and Economics 2 (2003) 1, pp. 1-8
Possibly as a prelude to a mini series of critical review essays, this short paper is intended to revisit and clarify Tullock's contributions to the concept of rent-seeking. Some subsequent contributions are highlighted, so are its implications on social costs and wealth transfers.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010600151
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A tribute to Earl A. Thompson and, in his own words, a summary of his general economic and social theory
Allison, Don; Borcherding, Thomas - In: Public Choice 156 (2013) 1, pp. 7-29
reformulated standard theory to achieve policy relevance, focusing on significant rent-seeking inefficiencies stemming from private …
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Sons of Something: Taxes, Lawsuits and Local Political Control in Sixteenth Century Castile
Drelichman, Mauricio - EconWPA - 2005
The widespread ennoblement of the Spanish bourgeoisie in the sixteenth century has been traditionally considered one of the main causes of Iberian decline. I document and quantify the surge in ennoblement through a new time series of nobility cases preserved in the Archive of the Royal Chancery...
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Resource Allocation Contests: Experimental Evidence
Shupp, Robert; Schmidt, David; Walker, James - Department of Economics, Ball State University - 2005
Across many forms of rent seeking contests, the impact of risk aversion on equilibrium play is indeterminate. We design an experiment to compare individuals’ decisions across three contests which are isomorphic under risk-neutrality, but are typically not isomorphic under other risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005163061
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Resource Allocation Contests: Experimental Evidence
Schmidt, David; Shupp, Robert; Walker, James M. - Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research … - 2005
Across many forms of rent seeking contests, the impact of risk aversion on equilibrium play is indeterminate. We design an experiment to compare individuals’ decisions across three contests which are isomorphic under risk-neutrality, but are typically not isomorphic under other risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005727877
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Resource Allocation Contests: Experimental Evidence
Shupp, Robert; Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Many resource allocation contests have the property that individuals undertake costly actions to appropriate a potentially divisible resource. We design an experiment to compare individuals’ decisions across three resource allocation contests which are isomorphic under risk-neutrality. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259038
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Resource allocation contests: Experimental evidence
Shupp, Robert; Sheremeta, Roman M.; Schmidt, David; … - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 39 (2013) C, pp. 257-267
Many resource allocation contests have the property that individuals undertake costly actions to appropriate a potentially divisible resource. We design an experiment to compare individuals’ decisions across three resource allocation contests which are isomorphic under risk-neutrality. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730010
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Game Theory: An Introduction
Tadelis, Steven - Princeton University Press
This comprehensive textbook introduces readers to the principal ideas and applications of game theory, in a style that … information. He covers a host of topics, including multistage and repeated games, bargaining theory, auctions, rent-seeking games …, mechanism design, signaling games, reputation building, and information transmission games. Unlike other books on game theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010681117
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Game Theory: An Introduction
Tadelis, Steven - Princeton University Press
This comprehensive textbook introduces readers to the principal ideas and applications of game theory, in a style that … information. He covers a host of topics, including multistage and repeated games, bargaining theory, auctions, rent-seeking games …, mechanism design, signaling games, reputation building, and information transmission games. Unlike other books on game theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010681701