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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"Rent-seeking"”.

  1. Doctorate unemployment as rent-seeking behavior

    Wyrick, Thomas L.Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University1979

    … probably vary across disciplines). The theory of rent-seeking unemployment is then presented. When the academic wage exceeds the nonacademic wage, those gaining faculty positions receive rents; so some individual will refuse nonacademic jobs (accept unemployment) and search for rent-yielding …

    vt Repository record

  2. Patronage, the Pendleton Act, and Reform the Role of Rent-Seeking

    Stewart, Alexander B.2024

    gmu

  3. Rent-seeking, institutional change and industrial performance : the effect of state regulation on the productivity growth performance of Pakistan's spinning sector 1981-1994

    Cheema, AliUniversity of Cambridge2000

    cambridge

  4. Alocação intertemporal de rendas de recursos naturais exauríveis para economias em desenvolvimento

    Santos, Jamilly Dias dosFaculdade de Economia2018

    … considerando a presença do comportamento rent seeking. A regra padrão de alocação intertemporal de rendas de recursos naturais apregoa que para que as gerações futuras usufruam das rendas oriundas da exploração de recursos naturais exauríveis é necessário que essas rendas sejam aplicadas …

    brazil-ufba Repository record

  5. The impact of competition vs cooperation between subsidiaries within a multinational corporation

    University of Pretoria2010

    … to determine the impact of headquarter control, rent- seeking behaviour, inter-subsidiary cooperation and competition on multination corporation (MNC) business performance. The research presents a framework for MNCs to structure its headquarter-subsidiary and subsidiary-subsidiary relationships …

    pretoria Repository record

  6. Prometheus unbound : towards the more precise proscription of the socially undesirable market conduct associated with dominance

    Colvin, Craig GriersonUniversity of British Columbia1993

    … all firms to pursue either competitive or rent seeking strategies to secure the supra-normal profits attendant to a dominant position. Competitive strategies are socially desirable as they seek to meet (or influence) consumer needs and thereby promote total welfare. Rent seeking strategies …

    ubc Repository record

  7. The political economy of government interventions in financial crises

    Foarță, Octavia DanielaMassachusetts Institute of Technology2014

    … which bank recapitalizations are carried out by rent-seeking policymakers. These policymakers face a trade-off between using public funds for needed recapitalizations and diverting them towards socially inefficient rents. In equilibrium, a banking union increases recapitalizations, but it can …

    mit Repository record

  8. Do executives get more pay prior to deteriorations of firm performance?

    Wu, Yu-ChingUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2012

    … behavior. This finding supports the managerial rent-extraction, rather than efficient contracting, explanation for the negative association between current pay and future performance. Consequently, such rent-seeking behavior is followed by even poorer long-term operating and stock performance in …

    uiuc Repository record

  9. DOES DEMOCRATIZATION AFFECT GROWTH ACROSS TIME OR SPACE?

    Assiotis, Andreas Andonis

    … corruption and legal lobbying, both forms of rent seeking, as imperfect substitutes. Suppose lobbying is easier to do in democracies. Then, lowering corruption in authoritarian regimes could have greater growth benefits because of the lower substitutability between corruption and lobbying in …

    siu-theses Repository record

  10. Mismatched motives: the economic consequences of distorted incentives in the public sector

    Crombach, Lamar; id_orcid0000-0002-7634-9343ETH Zurich2024

    … is a collection of four articles focused on the seeking of rents, which are rewards and prizes not earned or not consistent with competitive market returns. Each article explores a different aspect of the topic, focusing on the consequences, determinants or measurement of rent-seeking. The …

    ethz Repository record

  11. Essays on Conservation Auctions and Uncertainty in Preferences

    Otto, StevenCornell University2018

    … agency funding the conservation program. These rents limit the amount of land which can be conserved, which decreases total surplus for society. The new auction mechanism, the Provision Point Reverse Auction, was designed to mitigate this rent-seeking behavior. This paper presents both …

    cornell Repository record

  12. Essays on economic design and coalition formation

    Pycia, MarekMassachusetts Institute of Technology2006

    … Complementarities and peer effects are inherent in many such matching situations. The chapter provides the first sufficient condition for stability that may be used to study matching with complementarities and peer effects. The condition offered is shown to be also necessary for stability in …

    mit Repository record

  13. The political economy of oil in Nigeria: How oil's impact on rent distribution has contributed to Nigeria's sub-optimal economic performance

    Ncala, ThembekileSchool of Economics2016

    … two of the most prominent of which are rent seeking, and domestic conflict and political instability. Therefore, this paper seeks to identify some the drivers of the curse in Nigeria by particularly assessing the influence that rent seeking and domestic conflict and political instability …

    cape-town Repository record

  14. Marange diamonds autopsy: investigating the Anjin deal between Chinese capital and the political military elite of Zimbabwe, plus the distribution of rents

    Dube, TadiwanasheGraduate School of Development Policy and Practice2025

    … elite in Zimbabwe, and how are the rents distributed? This paper argues that the Anjin deal is a high barrier arrangement that limits rents from flowing to local communities and national development. Access to this deal is only available to those with political connections and the …

    cape-town Repository record

  15. Essays on political institutions and macroeconomics

    Yared, PierreMassachusetts Institute of Technology2007

    … the equilibrium path so as to optimally limit rent-seeking by the ruler. The presence of political economy distortions causes the debt market which is complete to behave as if it were incomplete. In contrast to an incomplete market economy, taxes are positive in the long run. A numerical …

    mit Repository record

  16. ESSAYS ON ISSUES IN PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

    Kraynak, Daniel2023

    … also capture the passive (shirking) or active (rent-seeking) corruption of officers. Accounting for the spatial and temporal variations in the operation of the cameras, we find that the presence of a functioning camera results in an increase in on-the-ground tickets. Although we do not rule out …

    maryland Repository record

  17. Entrepreneurship, Institutions, and the Informal Economy

    Wiseman, Travis C.2019

    … activities or toward zero- or negative-sum rent-seeking, using cross-section data on informal, religious institutions. Chapter 5 summarizes the conclusions of the aforementioned chapters and discusses some possibilities for further investigation.

    wvu Repository record

  18. Competition policy and resource utilization: challenging implications for economic development in Nigeria

    Adetoro, David OluwadareUniversity of Glasgow2009

    … problems, include the issue of ‘resource curse’, rent seeking, corruption, abusive business practices and a few others. Their examination is in the thesis aligned with the scrutiny of the characteristics of developing countries in contrast to developed countries; again, the economic circumstances …

    glasgow Repository record

  19. How stakeholder roles, power, and negotiation impact natural resource policy: a political economy view

    Caughlan, Lynne, author, Hoag, Dana L., advisorColorado State University. Libraries2002

    … process and to predict the potential success of rent-seeking activity based on stakeholder preferences and level of influence. Concepts from decision analysis, institutional analysis, and public choice economics were used in designing this interdisciplinary framework. The framework was then …

    colostate Repository record

  20. Economic incentives for the sustainable management and conservation of tropical forests

    Richards, Michael2007

    … progress to control illegal logging and the rent-seeking powers of vested interest groups, global governance regulations which create markets for environmental services, secure property rights for resident stakeholders and extra-sectoral policies that moderate land use opportunity costs. The …

    southwales Repository record

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