Rent-setting in multiple winner rent-seeking contests

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 835-852

  Yates, Andrew J ^a   Heckelman, Jac C ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collusion; Cournot competition; D72; Regulation; Rent seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041407183     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(01)00058-1     Document Type: Article

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