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Rent Seeking Behavior and Optimal Taxation of Pollution in Shallow Lakes [PDF]

In this paper we extend earlier work on the economics of shallow lakes by M\"aler, Xepapadeas and de Zeeuw (2003) to the case where two communities have incommensurable preferences about lake eutrophication.
Beard, Rodney, McDonald, Stuart, Salerno, Gillian   +2 more
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Corruption, Development and the Curse of Natural Resources [PDF]

In 1995, Jeffrey Sachs and Andrew Warner found a negative relationship between natural resources and economic growth, and claimed that natural resources are a curse.
G. Cornelis van Kooten, Judith Clarke, Shannon Pendergast   +2 more
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Beaches, Sunshine, and Public-Sector Pay: Theory and Evidence on Amenities and Rent Extraction by Government Workers [PDF]

The absence of a competitive market may enable public-sector workers to extract rents from taxpayers in the form of high pay, especially when public-sector workers are unionized. On the other hand, this rent extraction may be suppressed by the ability of
David Neumark, Jan K. Brueckner
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White Elephants and the Limits to Efficient Investment [PDF]

This paper studies a policymaker’s optimal choice between redistribution and efficient public investment. Under political instability, there is myopic government behavior which results in underinvestment.
Frank Bohn
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Can Lower Tax Rates be Bought? Business Rent-Seeking and Tax Competition among U.S. States [PDF]

The standard model of strategic tax competition assumes that government policymakers are perfectly benevolent, acting solely to maximize the utility of the representative resident in their jurisdiction.
Daniel J. Wilson, Robert S. Chirinko
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Human Capital and Legislative Outcomes [PDF]

, 1994
This paper presents a model in which legislators use informational advantages to engage in rent-seeking activities. Previous work that postulated either informational asymmetries or rent-seeking behavior could not explain deviations from the median ...
Saving, Jason
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Ulysses and the Rent-Seekers: The Benefits and Challenges of Constitutional Constraints on Leviathan [PDF]

. A constitutionally constrained government may be viewed as an attractive arrangement in that it may limit the rent-seeking behavior by narrowly motivated special interest groups and instead support policies of a Pareto-improving character. However, the
Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter
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The Evolution of Behavioral Strategies in the Game Theory Context of National Park Management: A Comparison of Central and Local Government Objectives

Systems
To address the complexities of national park management within China, this study investigated the evolutionary game between central and local governments in the context of Sanjiangyuan National Park, to explore strategic behavior and goal displacement ...
Lingwei Zhuang, Zuomin Wen, Mingxin Lin, Sijia Wang, Xiaoxiao Hu   +4 more
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White elephants and the limits to efficient investment [PDF]

, 2004
This paper studies a policymaker’s optimal choice between redistribution and efficient public investment. Under political instability, there is myopic government behavior which results in underinvestment.
Bohn, Frank
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Who spends what, and why? The constituency project fund and electoral politics in Ghana

Social Sciences and Humanities Open
Ghana's version of MPs Constituency Project Fund is a component of the District Assemblies Common Fund, introduced in 1993. Since its introduction however, no steps have been taken to ensure efficient use of the fund, thus justifying assertions that it ...
Kenneth Felitse, Isaac Owusu-Mensah
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