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The Political Economy of Public Land Use
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1997 Federal ownership and management of the public lands have created a rent-seeking frenzy, inflated rhetoric, wasted resources, and squandered investment opportunities.
B. Delworth Gardner
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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun +2 more
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Subsidy Entrepreneurship and a Culture of Rent-Seeking in Singapore’s Developmental State [PDF]
, 2023 Bryan Cheang
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Rent-seeking, Occupational Choice and Oil Boom. [PDF]
This paper examines choice of occupation between productive activities and rent-seeking in an oil-dominated economy where oil rent is the major source of public revenue.
Farhad Nili, Gabriel Talmain
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 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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Those who can't sort, steal: caste, occupational mobility, and rent-seeking in rural India. [PDF]
J Demogr Economics, 2021 Lawson N, Spears D.
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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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