Essays about: "Rent-seeking"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the word Rent-seeking.

  1. 1. Corruption and Public Expenditure : Does corruption divert public spending from social to military sector?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Munnu Tomy Kallany; [2022]
    Keywords : Corruption; Military Spending; Social Spending; Healthcare Spending; Education Spending; Public Expenditure; Rent-seeking; Collective Action Problem;

    Abstract : Corruption, militarism, and conflict are bedfellows, and their coexistence feeds a vicious circle of violence and instability. Every dollar spent on the military is a dollar not spent on welfare-generating services such as education and healthcare. READ MORE

  3. 2. Entrepreneurial rent-seeking behaviour in the context of governance conditions

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Giga Chitishvili; Matthias Spottka; [2022]
    Keywords : Rent-seeking; Enterprises; Entrepreneurial Behavior; Entrepreneurship; Democracy; Freedom of Speech; Political Accountability; Public Sector Transparency; Rule of Law; Georgia; Germany; Anaklia; Nord Stream 2;

    Abstract : Entrepreneurship is often linked to some of the most compelling economic and social issues of our time and can therefore be emphasised as essential and relevant. This thesis puts entrepreneurial behaviour in the spotlight and adopts the theoretical lens that enterprises may act as rent-seekers, striving to influence the distribution of income and wealth at the political level for their personal benefit. READ MORE

  4. 3. The social fragility of financial development. A regional panel analysis of the financial development and inequality nexus on prior middle-income countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Meisara-Salem Azzab; [2021]
    Keywords : financial liberalisation; financial deepening; income inequality; dynamic panel data model; U-shaped relationship; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the impact of financial development as a bi-dimensional concept on inequality in a regional comparison of Asian as well as Latin American countries. The policy has previously been explicitly proposed for middle-income economies to boost growth and overall prosperity. READ MORE

  5. 4. Politicians for Rent: An Investigation of the Financial Value of Rent Seeking Activities in Hong Kong

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Jacob Lange; Martin Lans; [2020]
    Keywords : Rent seeking; Hong Kong; Protests; HKEX; Macrofinance;

    Abstract : The 2019 pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong brought about a period of political turmoil in the city-state, with considerable effects on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In this paper, we use stock market data to investigate the degree to which investors have reassessed their valuations of rent seeking activities following the protests. READ MORE

  6. 5. Power Relations Between States and Trans-National Economic Institutions: A Case Study of the CFA Franc

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ernest Lecomte; [2017]
    Keywords : CFA Franc; extractive institutions; colonialism; neocolonialism; France; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The CFA Franc – which stands for Communauté Financiaire Africaine – refers to the West African CFA franc and the Central African CFA franc, two currencies that, although separate, are in practice interchangeable and have a fixed exchange rate to the euro. The CFA franc is used in 14 countries, 12 of which are former French colonies. READ MORE