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The absolutist origin of capitalism

Revue de la Régulation
This paper contributes to the literature on the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Western Europe, with a specific focus on the process of primitive accumulation during France’s absolutism, from the 14th to the 17th century. Drawing on Regulation
Nicolas Pinsard
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Rent-seeking and innovation [PDF]

Innovations and their adoption are the keys to growth and development. Innovations are less socially useful, but more profitable for the innovator, when they are adopted slowly and the innovator remains a monopolist.
David K. Levine, Michele Boldrin
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TENANCY RENT CONTROL AND CREDIBLE COMMITMENT IN MAINTENANCE [PDF]

Under tenancy rent control, rents are regulated within a tenancy but not between tenancies. This paper investigates the effects of tenancy rent control on housing quality and maintenance.
Elizaveta Shevyakhova, Richard Arnott
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Political Culture and Monopoly Price Determination [PDF]

In this paper we study the endogenous determination of monopoly price. Our proposed game of endogenous monopoly-price setting extends the literature on monopoly-price, monopoly rent-seeking contests and monopoly rent-seeking rent-avoidance contests by (i)
Gil S. Epstein, Shmuel Nitzan
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Lessor's notice of termination of residential lease in Czech law [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu, 2019
Czech private law underwent a major change in 2014, when the new Civil Code came into force. The changes also influenced the regulation of residential leasing. Renting a flat or house is a very common means of satisfying the need for housing in the Czech
Hadamčík Lukáš
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A Bioeconomic Analysis of the Greenland Shrimp Fishery in the Davis Strait [PDF]

This paper presents a bioeconomic analysis determining the resource rent and optimum effort of the shrimp (Pandalus borealis) fishery in the Davis Strait, taking into account the discard behaviour of the fleet.
Christensen, Steen, Vestergaard, Niels
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On the "Adverse Selection" of Organizations [PDF]

According to New Institutional Economics, two or more individuals will found an organization, if it leads to a benefit compared to market allocation. A natural consequence will then be internal rent seeking.
Kräkel, Matthias
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Is There Rent Sharing in Italy? Evidence from Employer-Employee Data [PDF]

Using a unique employer-employee panel database, we investigate the extent of rent sharing in Italy from 1996 to 2003. We derive the following findings. First, after controlling for the national bargaining level, there is robust evidence of rent sharing ...
Alessia Matano, Paolo Naticchioni
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Residential Rental Contracts - the state and perspectives of some aspects of legal regulation [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Splitu, 2015
This paper provides a comparative analysis of the law on residential rental in Austria and Germany. It represents a highly regulated legal area which plays a significant role in the life of European citizens who do not own their house or flat and as such
Davorin Pichler
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FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND MARKET-ORIENTED VALUE ADDING (MOVA) [PDF]

This paper focuses on fisheries management systems as a motivation factor for market-oriented value adding (MOVA). Analytically, the paper relies on the marketing and industrial economics literature.
Trondsen, Torbjorn
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