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| Volume 2, No. 1, April
2003
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| The
Origin Rent-Seeking Concept |
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| Gordon Tullock |
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School of Law, George Mason
University, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract |
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Possibly
as a prelude to a mini series of critical review essays, this
short paper is intended to revisit and clarify Tullock's contributions
to the concept of rent-seeking. Some subsequent contributions
are highlighted, so are its implications on social costs and wealth
transfers. |
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Key words:
rent-seeking; social costs; transfers; political economy |
| JEL
classification:
B30; D61; D72 |
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