| 40 Years of Research on Rent Seeking 1: Theory of Rent Seeking Contributor(s): Congleton, Roger D. (Editor), Hillman, Arye L. (Editor), Konrad, Kai A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642098053 ISBN-13: 9783642098055 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Public Finance - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 320 |
| Physical Information: 1.42" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (2.46 lbs) 695 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The last survey of the rent-seeking literature took place more than a decade ago. Since that time a great deal of new research has been published in a wide variety of journals, covering a wide variety of topics. The scope of that research is such that very few researchers will be familiar with more than a small part of contemporary research, and very few libraries will be able to provide access to the full breadth of that research. This two-volume collection provides an extensive overview of 40 years of rent-seeking research. The volumes include the foundational papers, many of which have not been in print for two decades. They include recent game-theoretic analyses of rent-seeking contests and also appHcations of the rent-seeking concepts and methodology to economic regulation, international trade policy, economic history, poUtical com- petition, and other social phenomena. The new collection is more than twice as large as any previous collection and both updates and extends the earlier surveys. Volume I contains previously published research on the theory of rent-seeking contests, which is an important strand of contemporary game theory. Volume II contains previously pubHshed research that uses the theory of rent-seeking to an- alyze a broad range of public policy and social science topics. The editors spent more than a year assembling possible papers and, although the selections fill two large volumes, many more papers could have been included. |