عنوان

The rent-seeking society /

(Number (ISBN

0865975248

(Number (ISBN

0865975353

Number

b521262

Title Proper

The rent-seeking society /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Gordon Tullock ; edited and with an introduction by Charles K. Rowley

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Indianapolis, Ind. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Liberty Fund,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2005]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2005

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xv, 327 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

The selected works of Gordon Tullock ;

Volume Designation

v. 5

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

1. Rent seeking : an overview. Rent seeking : the problem of definitions ; Rent seeking -- 2. More on efficient rent seeking. Efficient rent-seeking revisited ; Back to the bog ; Another part of the swamp ; Still somewhat muddy : a comment -- 3. The environments of rent seeking. Rent seeking as a negative-sum game ; Industrial organization and rent seeking in dictatorships -- Transitional gains and transfers ; Rents and rent-seeking ; Why did the industrial revolution occur in England? ; Rent seeking and tax reform ; Rent-seeking and the law ; Excise taxation in the rent-seeking society -- 4. The cost of rent seeking. The costs of rent seeking : a metaphysical problem ; Rents, ignorance, and ideology ; Efficient rent seeking, diseconomies of scale, public goods, and morality ; Are rents fully dissipated? ; Where is the rectangle? ; Which rectangle? -- 5. Exchanges and contracts -- 6. Future directions for rent-seeking research

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Rent (Economic theory)

Social choice

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Edition

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Book number

Tullock, Gordon

Rowley, Charles K.,1939-2013

Date of Transaction

20050907000000.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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