We provide experimental evidence for the existence of “rent stigma,” a preference for owning goods or real estate to … of law students who were asked how much they would pay to own rather than rent a laptop found similar results. However …, we found little or no evidence for our hypotheses that rent stigma would decline in conditions in which the advantages of …

Purpose of the article: To investigate and ascertain the impact of oil rent on happiness in selected African countries … the use of oil rent to produce happiness. Scientific aim: This study examines the relationship between oil rent, the oil … price, the GDP growth, the mineral rent and happiness. Findings: The results show that oil rent does not significantly …

bills then being considered that would have revived rent control in the Commonwealth. My testimony was a head-on attack on … they make serious wrong and misleading claims about consequences of rent control for the public interest and for its … intended beneficiaries. Elected legislators, alas, are responsive both to the massive money spent lobbying against rent control …