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Rent-seeking, institutions and reforms in Africa : theory and empirical evidence for Tanzania
Fischer, Pius V. - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008757774
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Employment in public sector : empirical evidence from Georgia
Shamugia, Egnate - In: CES working papers 15 (2023) 1, pp. 57-70
This paper aims to assess employment in Georgia’s public sector and study job creation factors. During the last decade, employment in the public sector has increased, and its share in total employment is, on average, 22.5%. This figure is high considering the real expenditures of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014430386
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State fragility, rent seeking and lobbying: evidence from African data
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013
This paper assesses the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa using hitherto unexplored variables in … being a function of rent seeking and/or lobbying by de facto power holders is tested. The resulting interesting finding is … that, political interference, rent seeking and lobbying increase the probability of state fragility by mitigating the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409975
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537491
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On the cost of rent-seeking by government bureaucrats in a Real-Business-Cycle framework
Vasilev, Aleksandar - 2013
This paper studies the wasteful effect of bureaucracy on the economy by addressing the link between rent-seeking behavior of government bureaucrats and the public sector wage bill, which is taken to represent the rent component. In particular, public officials are modeled as individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011498736
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Fractionalization and economic freedom
Heckelman, Jac C.; Wilson, Bonnie - In: Public finance review : PFR 46 (2018) 2, pp. 158-176
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012125078
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010476401
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014425334
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012697879