Rent seeking as an evolving process: the case of the Ancien Régime
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Keywords
Rent-seeking; French mercantilism; Public choice; Revolution;All these keywords.
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- N - Economic History
- H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
- K0 - Law and Economics - - General
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