The social cost of rent seeking when consumer opposition influences monopoly behavior

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-69

  Epstein, Gil S ^a,b,c   Nitzan, Shmuel ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endogeneous monopoly price; Rent avoidance; Rent seeking; Social cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037332629     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(02)00129-5     Document Type: Article

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