Edited by Roger D. Congleton, BB&T Professor of Economics, West Virginia University, US and Arye L. Hillman, William Gittes Chair, Professor of Economics, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

‘This twenty-seven chapter book provides an excellent and accessible overview of the literature on rent seeking since its inception. What makes the book a fascinating reading is its application to different areas, such as regulation and economic aid, and presentation of an array of highly readable cases studies, including on China, Greece, India and Russia. It is a must for both students of public finance and policy makers.’

• Contents:PART I: INTRODUCTION1. The Nature of Rent SeekingRoger D. Congleton 2. Rent Seeking as Political Economy Arye L. HillmanPART II: THEORY3. The Theory of Contests: A Unified Model and Review of the Literature Ngo Van Long4. Contestable Policies Gil S. Epstein and Shmuel Nitzan5. Asymmetries in Rent Seeking Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci, Eric Langlais, Bruno Lovat, and Francesco Parisi6. Prize-sharing Rules in Collective Rent Seeking Sabine Flamand and Orestis Troumpounis7. Rent Seeking and Organizational Structure Karl Wärneryd8. Contest Effort Yosef Mealem and Shmuel Nitzan9. Sabotage in Contests J. Atsu Amegashie10. Behavioral Dimensions of Contests Roman M. SheremetaPART III: APPLICATIONS AND OUTCOMES11. Regulatory Rent Seeking William F. Shughart II and Diana W. Thomas12. Rents and International Trade Policy Arye L. Hillman13. Rent Seeking Through Public Finance Michael Brooks14. Rent Seeking and the Resource Curse Robert T. Deacon and Ashwin Rode15. Rents and the Political Economy of Development AidRune Jansen Hagen16. Rent Seeking in International Organizations Roland Vaubel17. Litigation as Rent SeekingFrancesco Parisi and Barbara LuppiPART IV: THE REALITY OF RENTS18. Profit Seeking and Rent Seeking in the United States and Europe Dennis C. Mueller19. Rents in a Welfare State Martin Paldam20. Rent Seeking Through Control of the State in Russia Mark I. Levin and Georgy A. Satarov21. Rents and Development Failure in Africa John Mukum Mbaku and Mwangi S. Kimenyi22. Economic Development and Corruption in China in the Shadow of Rent Seeking Kang Chen and Liu Qijung23. Market Liberalization and Rent Seeking in India Sugata Marjit and Vivekananda Mukherjee24. The Democratization of Rent Seeking in Modern Greece Thomas Moutos and Lambros Pechlivanos25. Rent Seeking in the Democracy of Ancient Greece George TridimasPART IV: CONSTITUTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS 26. Rent Seeking and Constitutional Political Economy Randall G. Holcombe27. Rent Seeking and Organizational Governance: Limiting the Losses from Intra-organizational ConflictRoger D. CongletonIndex

Edited by Roger D. Congleton, BB&T Professor of Economics, West Virginia University, US and Arye L. Hillman, William Gittes Chair, Professor of Economics, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

‘This twenty-seven chapter book provides an excellent and accessible overview of the literature on rent seeking since its inception. What makes the book a fascinating reading is its application to different areas, such as regulation and economic aid, and presentation of an array of highly readable cases studies, including on China, Greece, India and Russia. It is a must for both students of public finance and policy makers.’

• Contents:PART I: INTRODUCTION1. The Nature of Rent SeekingRoger D. Congleton 2. Rent Seeking as Political Economy Arye L. HillmanPART II: THEORY3. The Theory of Contests: A Unified Model and Review of the Literature Ngo Van Long4. Contestable Policies Gil S. Epstein and Shmuel Nitzan5. Asymmetries in Rent Seeking Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci, Eric Langlais, Bruno Lovat, and Francesco Parisi6. Prize-sharing Rules in Collective Rent Seeking Sabine Flamand and Orestis Troumpounis7. Rent Seeking and Organizational Structure Karl Wärneryd8. Contest Effort Yosef Mealem and Shmuel Nitzan9. Sabotage in Contests J. Atsu Amegashie10. Behavioral Dimensions of Contests Roman M. SheremetaPART III: APPLICATIONS AND OUTCOMES11. Regulatory Rent Seeking William F. Shughart II and Diana W. Thomas12. Rents and International Trade Policy Arye L. Hillman13. Rent Seeking Through Public Finance Michael Brooks14. Rent Seeking and the Resource Curse Robert T. Deacon and Ashwin Rode15. Rents and the Political Economy of Development AidRune Jansen Hagen16. Rent Seeking in International Organizations Roland Vaubel17. Litigation as Rent SeekingFrancesco Parisi and Barbara LuppiPART IV: THE REALITY OF RENTS18. Profit Seeking and Rent Seeking in the United States and Europe Dennis C. Mueller19. Rents in a Welfare State Martin Paldam20. Rent Seeking Through Control of the State in Russia Mark I. Levin and Georgy A. Satarov21. Rents and Development Failure in Africa John Mukum Mbaku and Mwangi S. Kimenyi22. Economic Development and Corruption in China in the Shadow of Rent Seeking Kang Chen and Liu Qijung23. Market Liberalization and Rent Seeking in India Sugata Marjit and Vivekananda Mukherjee24. The Democratization of Rent Seeking in Modern Greece Thomas Moutos and Lambros Pechlivanos25. Rent Seeking in the Democracy of Ancient Greece George TridimasPART IV: CONSTITUTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS 26. Rent Seeking and Constitutional Political Economy Randall G. Holcombe27. Rent Seeking and Organizational Governance: Limiting the Losses from Intra-organizational ConflictRoger D. CongletonIndex

Edited by Roger D. Congleton, BB&T Professor of Economics, West Virginia University, US and Arye L. Hillman, William Gittes Chair, Professor of Economics, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

‘This twenty-seven chapter book provides an excellent and accessible overview of the literature on rent seeking since its inception. What makes the book a fascinating reading is its application to different areas, such as regulation and economic aid, and presentation of an array of highly readable cases studies, including on China, Greece, India and Russia. It is a must for both students of public finance and policy makers.’

• Contents:PART I: INTRODUCTION1. The Nature of Rent SeekingRoger D. Congleton 2. Rent Seeking as Political Economy Arye L. HillmanPART II: THEORY3. The Theory of Contests: A Unified Model and Review of the Literature Ngo Van Long4. Contestable Policies Gil S. Epstein and Shmuel Nitzan5. Asymmetries in Rent Seeking Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci, Eric Langlais, Bruno Lovat, and Francesco Parisi6. Prize-sharing Rules in Collective Rent Seeking Sabine Flamand and Orestis Troumpounis7. Rent Seeking and Organizational Structure Karl Wärneryd8. Contest Effort Yosef Mealem and Shmuel Nitzan9. Sabotage in Contests J. Atsu Amegashie10. Behavioral Dimensions of Contests Roman M. SheremetaPART III: APPLICATIONS AND OUTCOMES11. Regulatory Rent Seeking William F. Shughart II and Diana W. Thomas12. Rents and International Trade Policy Arye L. Hillman13. Rent Seeking Through Public Finance Michael Brooks14. Rent Seeking and the Resource Curse Robert T. Deacon and Ashwin Rode15. Rents and the Political Economy of Development AidRune Jansen Hagen16. Rent Seeking in International Organizations Roland Vaubel17. Litigation as Rent SeekingFrancesco Parisi and Barbara LuppiPART IV: THE REALITY OF RENTS18. Profit Seeking and Rent Seeking in the United States and Europe Dennis C. Mueller19. Rents in a Welfare State Martin Paldam20. Rent Seeking Through Control of the State in Russia Mark I. Levin and Georgy A. Satarov21. Rents and Development Failure in Africa John Mukum Mbaku and Mwangi S. Kimenyi22. Economic Development and Corruption in China in the Shadow of Rent Seeking Kang Chen and Liu Qijung23. Market Liberalization and Rent Seeking in India Sugata Marjit and Vivekananda Mukherjee24. The Democratization of Rent Seeking in Modern Greece Thomas Moutos and Lambros Pechlivanos25. Rent Seeking in the Democracy of Ancient Greece George TridimasPART IV: CONSTITUTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS 26. Rent Seeking and Constitutional Political Economy Randall G. Holcombe27. Rent Seeking and Organizational Governance: Limiting the Losses from Intra-organizational ConflictRoger D. CongletonIndex