Rethinking rent seeking for technological change and development
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DOI: 10.1007/s00191-018-0591-3
Abstract: The analysis of rents and rent-seeking is highly relevant for evolutionary economics but it has received little attention. This paper surveys the recent literature on technological change, rents, and rent-seeking applied to economic development. Economic… read more here.
Keywords: technological change; rent; rent seeking; economics ... See more keywords
Additive multi-effort contests
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DOI: 10.1007/s11238-020-09749-1
Abstract: This article analyzes rent seeking with multiple additive efforts for each of two players. Impact on rent seeking occurs even when a player exerts only one effort. This contrasts with models of multiplicative efforts with… read more here.
Keywords: effort; rent seeking; equal one; player ... See more keywords
Late arrival: The development of resource rent in Icelandic fisheries
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DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2019.02.007
Abstract: Abstract The development of resource rent in Icelandic fisheries has been charted since the introduction of the individual transferable quota system in 1990. An estimation of the rent capture of the fishing fee, which is… read more here.
Keywords: icelandic fisheries; development resource; resource rent; rent ... See more keywords
Warehouse rental market segmentation using spatial profile regression
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.10.007
Abstract: Warehouse rental markets can be segmented into multiple submarkets in which rental storage units share similar structural characteristics in that they are reasonably close substitutes for one another with their geographical proximity. Improved understanding of… read more here.
Keywords: spatial profile; segmentation; warehouse rental; profile regression ... See more keywords
Understanding grassland rental markets and their determinants in eastern inner Mongolia, PR China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.07.006
Abstract: Grassland rental markets function as a venue for balancing production factors of herder households. This paper jointly determines the socioeconomic factors affecting herders’ grassland rent-in and rent-out behaviors by applying Bivariate Probit Model with clustering… read more here.
Keywords: participation; rent; rental markets; eastern inner ... See more keywords
Natural resource rent allocation, government quality, and concession design: The case of copper in Chile
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101748
Abstract: Abstract Rent allocation is key to natural-resource rich countries' development. A life cycle model is used to study optimal rent allocation considering the uncertainties derived from government quality and rent measurement. Chile's private copper industry… read more here.
Keywords: quality; copper; rent allocation; rent ... See more keywords
The Rent Curse: Natural Resources, Policy Choice, and Economic Development
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DOI: 10.1080/00130095.2019.1663165
Abstract: More than twenty-five years have passed since Richard M. Auty famously proposed his hypothesis about what is currently known as the Resource Curse, which, at that time, mainly focused on the lack of growth and… read more here.
Keywords: curse; resource curse; rent; natural resources ... See more keywords
Hotel pricing at popular US tourist destinations
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DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2019.1566047
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper empirically investigates the pricing of hotel rooms in the US market, at popular tourist destinations (PTD) such as Las Vegas, Hawaii, relative to other locations. Regression analysis yields the following insights: (i)… read more here.
Keywords: hotel; rent; tourist destinations; popular tourist ... See more keywords
New rent seeking strategies in housing in Spain after the bubble burst
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DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2018.1515180
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper analyses the new rent seeking strategies in housing implemented during Spain’s financial crisis. The Spanish Model presents a paradigmatic case of the need for capital to reinvent itself through the articulation of… read more here.
Keywords: new rent; strategies housing; rent; housing ... See more keywords
Gentrification and the creation and formation of rent gaps
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DOI: 10.1080/13604813.2018.1472461
Abstract: This contribution intervenes in the debate about gentrification theory's applicability to contexts outside the Global North, specifically responding to the work of [Ghertner, D. Asher. 2014. ‘India’s Urban Revolution: Geographies of Displacement beyond Gentrification.’ Environment… read more here.
Keywords: creation; rent gaps; gentrification; gentrification theory ... See more keywords
Power and rent-seeking on boards: a case study of national sport federations in India
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DOI: 10.1080/14413523.2021.1880745
Abstract: ABSTRACT Rent-seeking refers to the activities of individuals or groups who act to increase their personal benefits at the expense of organizations or wider society. Due to the inherently damaging nature of rent-seeking and its… read more here.
Keywords: sport federations; power; rent; rent seeking ... See more keywords