The rent-seeking society

Author(s)

• Tullock, Gordon
• Rowley, Charles Kershaw

Bibliographic Information

The rent-seeking society

Gordon Tullock ; edited and with an introduction by Charles K. Rowley

（The selected works of Gordon Tullock, v. 5）

Liberty Fund, c2005

• : [hbk.]
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: [hbk.] ISBN 9780865975248

Description

The fifth volume in "The Selected Works of Gordon Tullock" series consists of six parts, each part expounding on a separate component of the field. Part 1, 'Rent Seeking: An Overview', brings together two papers that focus on problems of defining rent-seeking behaviour and outline the nature of the on-going research program in a historical perspective. Part 2, 'More on Efficient Rent Seeking', contains four contributions in which Tullock elaborates on his 1980 article on efficient rent seeking. Part 3, 'The Environments of Rent Seeking', consists of eight papers that collectively display the breadth of the rent-seeking concept. Part 4, 'The Cost of Rent Seeking', comprises seven papers that address several important issues about the cost of rent seeking to society as a whole. Part 5 is Tullock's short monograph Exchanges and Contracts, in which he develops a systematic theory of exchange in political markets. In Part 6, 'Future Directions for Rent-Seeking Research', Tullock focuses on the importance of information in the political marketplace. This work has been carefully constructed to build on the inaugural volume in this collection and to ease students through the field in a clear and concise manner.

Table of Contents

• Contents: Rent Seeking: An Overview
• More on Efficient Rent Seeking
• The Environments of Rent Seeking
• The Cost of Rent Seeking
• Exchanges and Contracts
• Future Directions for Rent-Seeking Research
• Index.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780865975354

Description

This volume consists of six parts, each part expounding on a separate component of the field. Part 1, "Rent Seeking: An Overview", brings together two papers that focus on problems of defining rent-seeking behaviour and outline the nature of the ongoing research program in a historical perspective. Part 2, "More on Efficient Rent Seeking", contains four contributions in which Tullock elaborates on his 1980 article on efficient rent seeking. Part 3, The Environments of Rent Seeking", consists of eight papers that collectively display the breadth of the rent-seeking concept. Part 4, "The Cost of Rent Seeking", comprises seven papers that address several important issues about the cost of rent seeking to society as a whole. Part 5 is Tullock's short monograph Exchanges and Contract's, in which he develops a systematic theory of exchange in political markets. In Part 6, "Future Directions for Rent-Seeking Research", Tullock focuses on the importance of information in the political marketplace. This work has been carefully constructed to build on the inaugural volume in this collection and to ease students through the field in a clear and concise manner.

Table of Contents

• Rent Seeking: An Overview
• More on Efficient Rent Seeking
• Environments of Rent Seeking
• The Cost of Rent Seeking
• Exchanges and Contracts
• Future Directions for Rent-Seeking Research
• Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA71097243
• ISBN:
  • 0865975248
  • 0865975353
• LCCN: 2004040868
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Indianapolis
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 327 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HB401
  • DC21 : 330.01/2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Rent (Economic theory)
  • LCSH : Social choice
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA69136047