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The social cost of rent-seeking: First estimates

โœ Scribed by David N. Laband; John P. Sophocleus

Publisher
Springer US
Year
1988
Tongue
English
Weight
364 KB
Volume
58
Category
Article
ISSN
0048-5829

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โœฆ Synopsis

this article because he feels it is important to get research started in the area. The weaknesses of Laband's approach, which are fully recognized by Laband, are obvious, but the editor at the moment can think of no way of doing better. Can the readers do better than both Laband and the editor? ** The assistance of Robert E. McCormick and Charles Diamond is gratefully acknowledged. We reluctantly claim property rights to remaining errors.

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