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Rent Seeking and Development

Author : Christine Ngoc Ngo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317328213
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Book Synopsis Rent Seeking and Development by : Christine Ngoc Ngo

Download or read book Rent Seeking and Development written by Christine Ngoc Ngo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rent seeking continues to be a topic of much discussion and debate within the political economy. This new study challenges previous assumptions and sets out a new analysis of the dynamics of rent and rent seeking in development, using Vietnam as a case study. This book provides an alternative approach to the study of economic development and illuminates new perspectives in a contemporary context. It argues that not only has there been an incomplete understanding of Vietnam’s industrial development over the last three decades, but that neoclassical economics do not adequately address many of the issues endangering Vietnam’s development. A significant observation of the Vietnamese experience is the analytical view that rents can be developmental and growth enhancing if the configuration of rent management incentivizes industrial upgrade and conditions firm performance. Underlining the need to reexamine how economic actors and the state collaborate through formal and informal institutions, this study fills a gap in the scholarship of the political economy of rent and rent seeking and how rents might be used for developmental purposes.

Rents, Rent-Seeking and Economic Development

Author : Mushtaq Husain Khan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521788663
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (886 download)

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Book Synopsis Rents, Rent-Seeking and Economic Development by : Mushtaq Husain Khan

Download or read book Rents, Rent-Seeking and Economic Development written by Mushtaq Husain Khan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-07 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concepts of rents and rent-seeking are central to any discussion of the processes of economic development. Yet conventional models of rent-seeking are unable to explain how it can drive decades of rapid growth in some countries, and at other times be associated with spectacular economic crises. This book argues that the rent-seeking framework has to be radically extended by incorporating insights developed by political scientists, institutional economists and political economists if it is to explain the anomalous role played by rent-seeking in Asian countries. It includes detailed analysis of Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Indian sub-continent, Indonesia and South Korea. This new critical and multidisciplinary approach has important policy implications for the debates over institutional reform in developing countries. It brings together leading international scholars in economics and political science, and will be of great interest to readers in the social sciences and Asian studies in general.

Companion to the Political Economy of Rent Seeking

Author : R. D. Congleton
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782544941
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (825 download)

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Book Synopsis Companion to the Political Economy of Rent Seeking by : R. D. Congleton

Download or read book Companion to the Political Economy of Rent Seeking written by R. D. Congleton and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quest for benefit from existing wealth or by seeking privileged benefit through influence over policy is known as rent seeking. Much rent seeking activity involves government and political decisions and is therefore in the domain of political econo

Rent-Seeking, Institutions and Reforms in Africa

Author : Pius Fischer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387337733
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)

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Book Synopsis Rent-Seeking, Institutions and Reforms in Africa by : Pius Fischer

Download or read book Rent-Seeking, Institutions and Reforms in Africa written by Pius Fischer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-03 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume identifies rent-seeking behavior as a primary cause of poor economic performance in many places, particulary Africa. The book presents a detailed empirical study of rent-seeking within the civil service, parastatal sector, and business community in Tanzania. It quantifies and evaluates the rent-seeking behavior of more than 300 parastatal companies and the resulting impact on society. The conclusions on reform strategies are applicable to counties within and outside Africa.

Rent Seeking in China

Author : Tak-Wing Ngo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134034415
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis Rent Seeking in China by : Tak-Wing Ngo

Download or read book Rent Seeking in China written by Tak-Wing Ngo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-12-04 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In China, rent seeking has been linked to the idea of the local developmental state in which rapid economic development is explained in terms of the promotion of village and township enterprises by local cadres who wants to maximize revenue. At the same time, the rent-seeking state is also seen as the root of corrupt practices and in the creation of a political market where state assets and authorities are diverted into private interests. Despite the prevalence of rent seeking practices in present day China, no systematic study of the phenomenon across different regions and economic sectors has yet been undertaken and as such what accounts for the occurrence of the phenomenon, what range of activities are related to rent seeking practices and, more importantly, how rent seeking shapes political and economic development are barely understood. Rent Seeking in China seeks to address these questions using case studies from across economics sectors including primary industry, strategic industry, heavy industry, and light industry. It will be invaluable reading for students and scholars of Chinese politics, comparative politics and Chinese economic and business management.

Public Goods, Redistribution and Rent Seeking

Author : Gordon Tullock
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1845424689
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Book Synopsis Public Goods, Redistribution and Rent Seeking by : Gordon Tullock

Download or read book Public Goods, Redistribution and Rent Seeking written by Gordon Tullock and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book features Professor Tullock s normal array of insights and gems of wisdom throughout. The thesis of the book, to view government through the prism of externalities, is intriguing and makes the book well worth reading. Daniel Sutter, Public Choice The book can be commended for introducing a broad range of thought-provoking ideas in an accessible form. It is an easy read, but does not achieve (nor does it aspire to) the usual standards of academic rigour. It is in places retrospective and in others polemical. But all of it is entertaining. Gareth Myles, Economica The book offers a nice introduction into public choice but still has enough in it to keep more advanced scholars interested. Well worth reading for anyone with even a modicum of interest in economics and/or politics in the most non-partisan sense. Phong Ngo, Economic Record Tullock provides a readable account of public choice economics and the problems with collective decision making. . . Highly recommended. M. Steckbeck, Choice Gordon Tullock, eminent political economist and one of the founders of public choice, offers this new and fascinating look at how governments and externalities are linked. Economists frequently justify government as dealing with externalities, defined as benefits or costs that are generated as the result of an economic activity, but that do not accrue directly to those involved in the activity. In this original work, Gordon Tullock posits that government can also create externalities. In doing so, he looks at governmental activity that internalizes such externalities. Monarchical governments originally introduced, for the benefit of the monarch rather than to eliminate externalities, many standard government activities such as road building, war, and internal policing. Most modern governments spend more money on redistribution than on more traditional government activities. This can be thought of as another effort to reduce externalities, since suffering in the community imposes externalities on the rest of us. Rent seeking, a relatively new field in economics and political science, is closely related to externalities and to the structure of government. An analysis of rent seeking, as well as some suggestions for improving government structure, cap off this fascinating treatise. Economists and political scientists will find this lively and readable book both stimulating and provocative.

Rent Seeking, Windfall Gains and Economic Development

Author : Roland Hodler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783898258593
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (585 download)

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Download or read book Rent Seeking, Windfall Gains and Economic Development written by Roland Hodler and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Economics of Special Privilege and Rent Seeking

Author : G. Tullock
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401578133
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis The Economics of Special Privilege and Rent Seeking by : G. Tullock

Download or read book The Economics of Special Privilege and Rent Seeking written by G. Tullock and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the reader of this book probably already knows, I have devoted a great deal of time to the topic which is, rather unfortunately, named rent seeking. Rent seeking, the use of resources in actually lowering total product although benefiting some minority, is, unfortunately, a major activity of most governments. As a result of this, I have stumbled on a puzzle. The rent-seeking activity found in major societies is immense, but the industry devoted to producing it is nowhere near as immense. In Washington the rent-seeking industry is a very conspicuous part of the landscape. On the other hand, if you consider how much money is being moved by that industry, then it is comparatively small. The first question that this book seeks to answer is: How do we account for the disparity? A second problem is that almost all rent seeking is done in what superficially appears to be an extremely inefficient way. I recently got estimates of the net cost to the public of the farm program and its net benefit to the farmers. The first is many times the second. Indeed, it is not at all obvious that in the long run, today's farmers are better off than they would be if the program had never been implemented. Of course, in any given year, cancelling the program would be quite painful. The first section of this book, then, is devoted to this problem.

Rent Seeking in China

Author : Tak-Wing Ngo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134034407
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Rent Seeking in China written by Tak-Wing Ngo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-12-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In China, rent seeking has been linked to the idea of the local developmental state in which rapid economic development is explained in terms of the promotion of village and township enterprises by local cadres who wants to maximize revenue. At the same time, the rent-seeking state is also seen as the root of corrupt practices and in the creation of a political market where state assets and authorities are diverted into private interests. Despite the prevalence of rent seeking practices in present day China, no systematic study of the phenomenon across different regions and economic sectors has yet been undertaken and as such what accounts for the occurrence of the phenomenon, what range of activities are related to rent seeking practices and, more importantly, how rent seeking shapes political and economic development are barely understood. Rent Seeking in China seeks to address these questions using case studies from across economics sectors including primary industry, strategic industry, heavy industry, and light industry. It will be invaluable reading for students and scholars of Chinese politics, comparative politics and Chinese economic and business management.

The Rent Curse

Author : Richard M. Auty
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198828861
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Rent Curse written by Richard M. Auty and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compares models of low-rent and high-rent development to explain the divergent growth of regions and to query the continued prioritization of industrialization over agriculture and export services as the engine of economic prosperity.

Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy

Author : William L. Ascher
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822381036
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy written by William L. Ascher and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-03-29 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy is a comprehensive presentation of definitions, philosophies, policies, models, and analyses of global environmental and developmental issues. With a wealth of comparative, multidisciplinary, and geographically varied perspectives on environmental governance, it also provides detailed and balanced discussions about specific environmental issues. The guide combines formal, objective entries with critical commentaries that emphasize different opinions and controversies. With succinct explanations of more than a thousand terms, thoughtful interpretations by international experts, and helpful cross-referencing, this resource is designed to serve as a roadmap for understanding the issues and debates in the overlapping fields of environment and development. Intended for use by activists, journalists, policymakers, students, scholars, and interested citizens, the Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy will be a helpful tool for anyone trying to get a comprehensive look at the many environmental organizations, schools of thought, development programs, international environmental treaties, conventions, and strategies that have proliferated in the past few decades.

Rents to Riches?

Author : Naazneen Barma
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821387162
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Rents to Riches? written by Naazneen Barma and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the political economy surrounding the detailed decisions that governments make at each step of the value chain for natural resource management. From the perspective of public interest or good governance, many resource-dependent developing countries pursue apparently short-sighted and sub-optimal policies in relation to the extraction and capture of resource rents, and to spending and savings from their resource endowments. This work contextualizes these micro-level choices and outcomes.

Natural Resources and Economic Development

Author : Edward Barbier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521706513
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Natural Resources and Economic Development written by Edward Barbier and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive analysis of natural resource use and economic development in poor countries, first published in 2005.

Lewis Through a Looking Glass

Author : Alan H. Gelb
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lewis Through a Looking Glass written by Alan H. Gelb and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1988 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rent-Seekers, Profits, Wages and Inequality

Author : Péter Mihályi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030038467
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Book Synopsis Rent-Seekers, Profits, Wages and Inequality by : Péter Mihályi

Download or read book Rent-Seekers, Profits, Wages and Inequality written by Péter Mihályi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-29 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mihályi and Szelényi provide a timely contribution to contemporary debates about inequality of incomes and wealth, offering a careful examination of various sources of rent in contemporary societies, and considering several policy options to reduce inequality in order to preserve the meritocratic nature of liberal democracies. While Rent-Seekers, Profits, Wages and Inequality acknowledges the rapid and disturbing increase of incomes and wealth in the top 1 or 0.1%, it focuses on the increasing rent component of incomes and wealth in the top 20% as even more consequential. The attention to cutting-edge issues on inequality in macroeconomics, political science and sociology will appeal to social scientists interested in income distribution and wealth accumulation.

Power, Property Rights, and Economic Development

Author : Mohammad Dulal Miah
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811327637
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)

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Book Synopsis Power, Property Rights, and Economic Development by : Mohammad Dulal Miah

Download or read book Power, Property Rights, and Economic Development written by Mohammad Dulal Miah and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a critical reassessment of theories of property rights, in response to conflicts and competition between different groups, and the state. It does so by taking an institutional political perspective to analyse the structures of property rights, with a focus on a series of case studies from Bangladesh. In doing so, the book highlights the importance of property rights for economic growth, why developing countries often fail to design property rights conducive for economic development, and the strategies required for designing an efficient structure of rights. Since property rights falls within the domain of Law and Economics, the book ventures to explain legal issues from an economic perspective, resulting in empirical analysis that comprises both legal and non-legal cases.

The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice

Author : Roger D. Congleton
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
ISBN 13 : 0190469730
Total Pages : 985 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice written by Roger D. Congleton and published by Oxford Handbooks. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 985 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This two-volume collection provides a comprehensive overview of the past seventy years of public choice research, written by experts in the fields surveyed. The individual chapters are more than simple surveys, but provide readers with both a sense of the progress made and puzzles that remain. Most are written with upper level undergraduate and graduate students in economics and political science in mind, but many are completely accessible to non-expert readers who are interested in Public Choice research. The two-volume set will be of broad interest to social scientists, policy analysts, and historians"--