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On the cost of opportunistic behavior in the public sector : a general-equilibrium approach
Vasilev, Aleksandar - 2016
This paper studies the wasteful effect of bureaucracy on the economy by addressing the link between opportunistic behavior of government bureaucrats and the public sector wage bill. In particular, public officials are modeled as individuals competing for a larger share of those public funds. A...
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Fractionalization and economic freedom
Heckelman, Jac C.; Wilson, Bonnie - In: Public finance review : PFR 46 (2018) 2, pp. 158-176
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Excessive public employment and rent-seeking traps
Jaimovich, Esteban; Rud, Juan Pablo - In: Journal of development economics 106 (2014), pp. 144-155
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Firms and technology adoption : the role of political institutions and market size
Qasim, Ahmed Waqar - In: The Pakistan development review : PDR 62 (2023) 1, pp. 61-85
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Rent-seeking and firm performance : do institutional and firm-specific characteristics matter?
Fatima, Syeda Tamkeen; Khan, Muhammad Yar - In: International journal of the economics of business 28 (2021) 3, pp. 409-438
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The grabbing hand : government pathologies and their cures
Shleifer, Andrei; Vishny, Robert W. - 1998
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State and private sector in Algeria : the politics of rent-seeking and failed development
Dillman, Bradford; Dillman, Bradford L. - 2000
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Agricultural trade and trade barriers : one part milk, two parts tomatoes
Baylis, Kathy - 2003
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The Relation between Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Rural Households : Evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania
Barbanente, Giulia - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
Ethiopia and Tanzania. Given the scale of LSLAs happening in developing countries, there is urgent need to objectively assess … pathways are tested on the background of Ethiopia’s and Tanzania’s land tenure systems, which are strikingly different. The …
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