Efficient rent-seeking in experiment

Public Choice

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 67-78

  Vogt, Carsten ^a   Weimann, Joachim ^a   Yang, Chun Lei ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0036114101     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013051501754     Document Type: Article

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