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Public Choice, 2002 The rent-seeking theory was one of thefirst economic instruments developed tomodel corruption in the public sector.Comparing corruption with lobbying, itproposes that the former is the lesser oftwo evils, since lobbying entails the wastage of resources inthe competition forpreferential treatment.
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Rent Seeking: The Social Cost of Contestable Benefits
Social Science Research Network, 2017 A major contribution of the public-choice school is the recognition by Gordon Tullock that contestable rents give rise to social losses because of unproductive resource use. Contestable rents usually are politically assigned privileges. Contestable rents
Arye L. Hillman +3 more
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Programmable RNA N6,2´‐O‐Dimethyladenosine Editing
Advanced Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT N6,2’‐O‐dimethyladenosine (m6Am) is a prevalent RNA modification located at the first transcribed nucleotide adjacent to the 5′ cap of mRNAs, where it has been implicated in gene regulation. However, the lack of methods for precise, transcript‐specific manipulation of m6Am has limited its functional dissection.
Yang Li +9 more
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IMPROVEMENT OF RENT RELATIONS AS A FACTOR OF INCREASING THEENERGY EFFICIENCY OF UKRAINIAN ECONOMY
Вісник Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Серія Економіка, 2014 The article addresses prerequisites and consequences of counterproductive rent-seeking behavior of economic agents as a factor that contributes to the low energy efficiency of the national economy.Author justifies the necessity and strategic directions ...
А. Grazhevska
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen +2 more
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Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 2019 Objective: The objective of this study is to propose a model for talent allocation to economic activities and rent-seeking based on some effective factors.
Rozita Moayedfar, Mohsen Madani Chafi
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Influencing rent-seeking contests
Public Choice, 2008 This paper shows that a policy that uniformly increases contestants’ effort costs can lead to an increase in total effort. In asymmetric settings, this “levels the playing field” and therefore encourages weaker players (who otherwise would have stayed out) to enter.
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó +3 more
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Corporate political connection, rent seeking and government procurement order
International Review of Economics & FinanceGovernment procurement serves as the primary means through which the government utilizes market mechanisms to forge economic linkages with enterprises.
Zhe Wang +3 more
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Rent-Seeking in Developed and Developing Countries: Cross Section and Time Series Studies [PDF]
The property rights issue is one of the most important institutional differences between developed/developing countries. The violation of the property rights results with rentseeking.
Dilek Demirbas
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