Rent Seeking And Development

Author : Christine Ngoc Ngo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317328216

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Rent Seeking and Development by Christine Ngoc Ngo Pdf

Rent seeking continues to be a topic of much discussion and debate within the political economy. This new study challenges previous assumptions and sets out a new analysis of the dynamics of rent and rent seeking in development, using Vietnam as a case study. This book provides an alternative approach to the study of economic development and illuminates new perspectives in a contemporary context. It argues that not only has there been an incomplete understanding of Vietnam’s industrial development over the last three decades, but that neoclassical economics do not adequately address many of the issues endangering Vietnam’s development. A significant observation of the Vietnamese experience is the analytical view that rents can be developmental and growth enhancing if the configuration of rent management incentivizes industrial upgrade and conditions firm performance. Underlining the need to reexamine how economic actors and the state collaborate through formal and informal institutions, this study fills a gap in the scholarship of the political economy of rent and rent seeking and how rents might be used for developmental purposes.

Author : Mushtaq Husain Khan,Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521788668

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Rents, Rent-Seeking and Economic Development by Mushtaq Husain Khan,Jomo Kwame Sundaram Pdf

The concepts of rents and rent-seeking are central to any discussion of the processes of economic development. Yet conventional models of rent-seeking are unable to explain how it can drive decades of rapid growth in some countries, and at other times be associated with spectacular economic crises. This book argues that the rent-seeking framework has to be radically extended by incorporating insights developed by political scientists, institutional economists and political economists if it is to explain the anomalous role played by rent-seeking in Asian countries. It includes detailed analysis of Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Indian sub-continent, Indonesia and South Korea. This new critical and multidisciplinary approach has important policy implications for the debates over institutional reform in developing countries. It brings together leading international scholars in economics and political science, and will be of great interest to readers in the social sciences and Asian studies in general.

Author : Pius Fischer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780387337739

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Rent-Seeking, Institutions and Reforms in Africa by Pius Fischer Pdf

This volume identifies rent-seeking behavior as a primary cause of poor economic performance in many places, particulary Africa. The book presents a detailed empirical study of rent-seeking within the civil service, parastatal sector, and business community in Tanzania. It quantifies and evaluates the rent-seeking behavior of more than 300 parastatal companies and the resulting impact on society. The conclusions on reform strategies are applicable to counties within and outside Africa.

Author : R. D. Congleton,A. L. Hillman
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781782544944

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Companion to the Political Economy of Rent Seeking by R. D. Congleton,A. L. Hillman Pdf

The quest for benefit from existing wealth or by seeking privileged benefit through influence over policy is known as rent seeking. Much rent seeking activity involves government and political decisions and is therefore in the domain of political econo

Author : Roland Hodler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3898258599

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Rent Seeking, Windfall Gains and Economic Development by Roland Hodler Pdf

Author : G. Tullock
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401578134

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The Economics of Special Privilege and Rent Seeking by G. Tullock Pdf

As the reader of this book probably already knows, I have devoted a great deal of time to the topic which is, rather unfortunately, named rent seeking. Rent seeking, the use of resources in actually lowering total product although benefiting some minority, is, unfortunately, a major activity of most governments. As a result of this, I have stumbled on a puzzle. The rent-seeking activity found in major societies is immense, but the industry devoted to producing it is nowhere near as immense. In Washington the rent-seeking industry is a very conspicuous part of the landscape. On the other hand, if you consider how much money is being moved by that industry, then it is comparatively small. The first question that this book seeks to answer is: How do we account for the disparity? A second problem is that almost all rent seeking is done in what superficially appears to be an extremely inefficient way. I recently got estimates of the net cost to the public of the farm program and its net benefit to the farmers. The first is many times the second. Indeed, it is not at all obvious that in the long run, today's farmers are better off than they would be if the program had never been implemented. Of course, in any given year, cancelling the program would be quite painful. The first section of this book, then, is devoted to this problem.

Author : Tak-Wing Ngo,Yongping Wu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134034406

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Rent Seeking in China by Tak-Wing Ngo,Yongping Wu Pdf

In China, rent seeking has been linked to the idea of the local developmental state in which rapid economic development is explained in terms of the promotion of village and township enterprises by local cadres who wants to maximize revenue. At the same time, the rent-seeking state is also seen as the root of corrupt practices and in the creation of a political market where state assets and authorities are diverted into private interests. Despite the prevalence of rent seeking practices in present day China, no systematic study of the phenomenon across different regions and economic sectors has yet been undertaken and as such what accounts for the occurrence of the phenomenon, what range of activities are related to rent seeking practices and, more importantly, how rent seeking shapes political and economic development are barely understood. Rent Seeking in China seeks to address these questions using case studies from across economics sectors including primary industry, strategic industry, heavy industry, and light industry. It will be invaluable reading for students and scholars of Chinese politics, comparative politics and Chinese economic and business management.

Author : Richard M. Auty,Haydn I. Furlonge
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198828860

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The Rent Curse by Richard M. Auty,Haydn I. Furlonge Pdf

This book compares models of low-rent and high-rent development to explain the divergent growth of regions and to query the continued prioritization of industrialization over agriculture and export services as the engine of economic prosperity.

Author : Naazneen Barma,Kai Kaiser,Tuan Minh Le,Lorena Viñuela
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821387160

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Rents to Riches? by Naazneen Barma,Kai Kaiser,Tuan Minh Le,Lorena Viñuela Pdf

This volume focuses on the political economy surrounding the detailed decisions that governments make at each step of the value chain for natural resource management. From the perspective of public interest or good governance, many resource-dependent developing countries pursue apparently short-sighted and sub-optimal policies in relation to the extraction and capture of resource rents, and to spending and savings from their resource endowments. This work contextualizes these micro-level choices and outcomes.

Author : Péter Mihályi,Iván Szelényi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030038465

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Rent-Seekers, Profits, Wages and Inequality by Péter Mihályi,Iván Szelényi Pdf

Mihályi and Szelényi provide a timely contribution to contemporary debates about inequality of incomes and wealth, offering a careful examination of various sources of rent in contemporary societies, and considering several policy options to reduce inequality in order to preserve the meritocratic nature of liberal democracies. While Rent-Seekers, Profits, Wages and Inequality acknowledges the rapid and disturbing increase of incomes and wealth in the top 1 or 0.1%, it focuses on the increasing rent component of incomes and wealth in the top 20% as even more consequential. The attention to cutting-edge issues on inequality in macroeconomics, political science and sociology will appeal to social scientists interested in income distribution and wealth accumulation.

Author : Jerker Johnson,Hans Christer Blomqvist
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9516836437

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Development Aid by Jerker Johnson,Hans Christer Blomqvist Pdf

Author : Tak-Wing Ngo,Yongping Wu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134034413

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Rent Seeking in China by Tak-Wing Ngo,Yongping Wu Pdf

In China, rent seeking has been linked to the idea of the local developmental state in which rapid economic development is explained in terms of the promotion of village and township enterprises by local cadres who wants to maximize revenue. At the same time, the rent-seeking state is also seen as the root of corrupt practices and in the creation of a political market where state assets and authorities are diverted into private interests. Despite the prevalence of rent seeking practices in present day China, no systematic study of the phenomenon across different regions and economic sectors has yet been undertaken and as such what accounts for the occurrence of the phenomenon, what range of activities are related to rent seeking practices and, more importantly, how rent seeking shapes political and economic development are barely understood. Rent Seeking in China seeks to address these questions using case studies from across economics sectors including primary industry, strategic industry, heavy industry, and light industry. It will be invaluable reading for students and scholars of Chinese politics, comparative politics and Chinese economic and business management.

Author : Alan H. Gelb,John B. Knight
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Crecimiento economico
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Lewis Through a Looking Glass by Alan H. Gelb,John B. Knight Pdf

Author : Edward Barbier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521706513

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Natural Resources and Economic Development by Edward Barbier Pdf

A comprehensive analysis of natural resource use and economic development in poor countries, first published in 2005.

Author : Mohammad Dulal Miah,Yasushi Suzuki
Publisher : Springer
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789811327636

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Power, Property Rights, and Economic Development by Mohammad Dulal Miah,Yasushi Suzuki Pdf

This book presents a critical reassessment of theories of property rights, in response to conflicts and competition between different groups, and the state. It does so by taking an institutional political perspective to analyse the structures of property rights, with a focus on a series of case studies from Bangladesh. In doing so, the book highlights the importance of property rights for economic growth, why developing countries often fail to design property rights conducive for economic development, and the strategies required for designing an efficient structure of rights. Since property rights falls within the domain of Law and Economics, the book ventures to explain legal issues from an economic perspective, resulting in empirical analysis that comprises both legal and non-legal cases.