Essays on the Political Economy of Corruption and Rent-Seeking

The dissertation is made up of three papers on the political economy of corruption and rent-seeking. Two of the papers make use of the historical experience of Britain to illustrate the theoretical points being made. The first paper shows that eighteenth-century Britain displayed patterns of corrupt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Popa, Mircea
Other Authors: Robinson, James
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10935
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11107810