Regulatory disequilibrium and inefficiency: The case of interstate trucking

Review of Austrian Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 229-255

  Benson, Bruce L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deregulation; Property rights; Regulation; Rent seeking; Spontaneous evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043146864     PISSN: 08893047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1015722906781     Document Type: Article

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