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AGRICULTURAL LAND, RENT SEEKING AND TRANSACTION COSTS [PDF]
Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2022 The study aims to assess the dualistic impact of the rents and transaction costs on the farmers regarding agricultural land use. The theoretical framework is based on Rent-seeking (RS) theory and the Transaction cost of economics (TCE).
Minko GEORGIEV +5 more
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Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.Dynamic mechanical loading of outer meniscus fibrochondrocytes increases extracellular vesicle (EV) yield and alters EV composition. When applied to progenitor cells, these mechanically primed EVs modulate the expression of matrix‐related genes.
Catherine Cheung +6 more
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Decentralization, Rent-seeking and Corporate Performance
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2015 By 2010--2013 years of experience in China A-share listed companies, we found rent-seeking behavior of enterprises has had two major effects: creative production inhibitory effect and relational resources favoritism effect.
J.J. Li, H.X. Yu, Y.J. Zhao
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Rent Seeking in Hierarchical Firms [PDF]
Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice, 2002 Hierarchical firms are enterprises with rigid internal job ladders. We examine the state enterprise as the prototypical hierarchical firm. In the state enterprise, promotion of employees through the internal hierarchy is determined by the workers’ allocation of time between rent seeking and productive activity.
Ira N. Gang, Gil S. Epstein
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Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.Ultrathin MXene/EMF composite foams achieve a specific shielding efficiency of 749.6 dB.dB·cm3$\mathrm{dB}\cdot {\mathrm{cm}}^{3}$/g, while the silver‐enhanced MXene/Ag/EMF reaches 81.4 dB shielding effectiveness at just 1.0 mm thickness. Both composites exhibit rapid Joule heating, retain stability up to 250∘C$^\circ{\rm C}$, and withstand 1000 ...
Abdullah A. Mahmood +7 more
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Rent and Rent Seeking Behavior in the System of Integration Relations in the Agrarian Sector of Economy [PDF]
Problemi Ekonomiki, 2017 The aim of the article is to improve the theoretical and methodological basis of rental relations and rent seeking behavior in the system of integration relations in the agricultural sector of economy.
Hutorov Andrii O.
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Two-Dimensional Effort in Patent-Race Games and Rent-Seeking Contests: The Case of Telephony
Games, 2014 Using the political-economic history of the development of telephony during the 1870s as a backdrop, this paper studies a two-player Tullock contest that includes both research effort (R&D) and legal effort (i.e., rent-seeking effort).
João Ricardo Faria +3 more
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Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.Nonwoven textile architectures are emerging as versatile platforms for next‐generation energy storage, demonstrating how tailored materials and fabrication strategies enhance ion transport, conductivity, flexibility, and scalability for high‐performance sustainable devices.
Tarikul Islam +6 more
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State-owned enterprises in the modern economy: the objectives and determinants of efficiency
Ekonomista, 2023 This article aims to identify the conditions under which state-owned enterprises can be beneficial to a modern capitalist economy. These enterprises face two major issues: multiple financial and non-financial objectives and their assessment; and rent ...
Katarzyna Szarzec
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Rent Seeking: The Social Cost of Contestable Benefits [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017 Contestable benefits or rents are of primary importance for the study of public finance and public policy. Rents are assigned through decisions about budgetary spending and taxation. Public policy creates and assigns rents through decisions about regulation of competition, international trade, the environment, foreign aid, and more.
Hillman, Arye L., Long, Ngo Van
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