The returns from rent-seeking: Campaign contributions, firm subsidies and the Byrd Amendment

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1345-1369

  Liebman, Benjamin H ^a   Reynolds, Kara M ^b  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; RENT SEEKING;

EID: 33750444908     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2006.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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