Is rent-seeking immoral? Examining the behaviour of religion-based political action committees and coalitions

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 467-473

  Mixon Jr , Franklin G ^a   Wilkinson, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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EID: 0039176168     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048500351203     Document Type: Article

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