Enduring rents

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 545-553

  Aidt, Toke S ^a   Hillman, Arye L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Commitment; Contests; D72; Deregulation; Liberalization; Rent dissipation; Rent seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 49449098352     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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