An experimental examination of rational rent-seeking

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 783-800

  Potters, Jan ^a   De Vries, Casper G ^b   Van Winden, Frans ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

C91; D72; Experimental tests; Rent seeking model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010200403     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(98)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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