A major contribution of the public-choice school is the recognition by Gordon Tullock that
contestable rents give rise to social losses because of unproductive resource use …

In a remarkably simple and yet one of the most original and insightful observations of 20th
century economics, Gordon Tullock pointed out that there are efficiency losses when public …

Rent seeking within the vast informal segment of the developing world is a relatively under‐
explored topic in the interface of labor market policies and public economics. Moreover, how …

This paper revisits the relationship between rent-seeking and market reform. We consider a
scenario where less efficient domestic and more efficient foreign firms are engaged in …

We describe and compare the experiences of academic exclusion of Alexander Del Mar, JA
Hobson, and Gordon Tullock. While aspects of the circumstances differed, a common …

World Bank Document Page 1 Policy Research Working Paper 10038 The Growth and
Performance of Affordable Housing Finance Lenders in India Nadeem M. Karmali Guillermo J …

This paper attempts to answer whether market competition makes relocation of a firm to an
inefficient location easier through lobbying. It models a case where a larger market is more …

Social loss through resources used to influence politically designated privileged benefit,
known as 'rent seeking', is an idea proposed by Gordon Tullock (1922-2014), founder of the …

Confronting Corruption in Business focuses on the contextual issues that trigger corruption
to give the reader a more thorough understanding of destructive leadership. It provides …

It is a sobering thought to realize that corruption and pollution are two negative externalities,
resultant from modern human civilization on our planet. They are a persistent feature of …