Abstract The paper shows that corruption at the federal level may be contagious for regional governments suggesting … that federal structure of the government may be one of the reasons for persistence of corruption. The analysis reveals that … well-informed voters may rationally forego their chance to elect a benevolent government and vote for rent …

official corruption, the purpose of this paper is to examine whether formal sector productive (unproductive) entrepreneurial …, the author aims to connect US state-level entrepreneurship, shadow economy size, and corruption by asking whether … corruption affects entrepreneurial outcomes primarily through its effects on the shadow economy. The author contends that if this …

(“RSPT”) and then the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (“MRRT”). The process of change from Henry to the RSPT to the MRRT can best …, that has seen Labor preside over what the father of rent tax in Australia, Ross Garnaut, describes as a “problematic” tax …

Zusammenfassung Es wird der Frage nachgegangen, welchen Einfluß die Kosten der Besitzformen Miete und Eigentum auf die … guarantees the comparability of renters and owner occupiers. The cost difference between rent and user costs (determined as cost …

division of Britain on a north/south divide produces the best results. Rent is as good as lot size and price in modelling, but … predictive modelling for investors and their advisors using rent which is known in advance of any sale. Originality/value – The …

The purpose of the present study is to test the hypothesis alluded to by Tullock, within the context of defensive rent …‐seeking efforts developed by others (e.g. McChesney). Here, we test the idea that defensive rent seeking efforts (or rent …‐defending) to maintain the status quo augment offensive rent‐seeking (all proxied by real campaign contributions to US House …

influence of coastal amenities while controlling for other housing attributes influencing rent. Second, Model 2A–C accounted for … the interaction between coastal amenities/disamenities and other housing attributes influencing rent. Design … for other housing attributes influencing rent, on the one hand, and accounting for the interaction between coastal …

implication, and one of the most important variables in house price research. The aim of this paper is to construct rent indices … for Norway's capital, Oslo. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses a unique dataset with 24,257 housing for rent … rent indices for Norway's capital, Oslo, over the period from 1970 to 2008. In addition to an aggregate index, they …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to determine the Turkish housing price and rent dynamics among seven big cities … mortgage rates, the price-to-rent ratio and rents as the fundamental factors of house prices. The price-to-rent ratio offers a …