Competition Among Rent Seeking Groups in General Equilibrium
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A two sector general equilibrium model is developed in which households can influence the government's choice of the relative price of traded goods and the level of public goods supplied to each sector. The model is used to illustrate key problems addressed by the political economy literature, modeling issues that arise, and the nature of insights that can be obtained that traditional approaches cannot discern.Download Info
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Paper provided by University of Minnesota, Economic Development Center in its series Bulletins with number 7483.Length:
Date of creation: 1990
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Keywords: General equilibrium; political economy; rent seeking; lobbying; Political Economy;References
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- Kinsey, Jean D. & Houck, James P., 1990. "The Growing Demand for Food Quality: Implications for International Trade," 1990: The Environment, Government Policies, and International Trade Meeting, December 1990, San Diego, CA 50877, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium.
- Elie Appelbaum & Eliakim Katz, 1996. "Transfer seeking and avoidance: On the full social costs of rent seeking," Working Papers 1996_11, York University, Department of Economics.
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