Two-Dimensional Effort in Patent-Race Games and Rent-Seeking Contests: The Case of Telephony

Using the political-economic history of the development of telephony during the 1870s as a backdrop, this paper studies a two-player Tullock contest that includes both research effort (R&D) and legal effort (i.e., rent-seeking effort). The two types of efforts complement each other and posit...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: João Ricardo Faria, Franklin G. Mixon, Jr., Steven B. Caudill, Samantha J. Wineke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-05-01
Series:Games
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/5/2/116