Boondoogles and Expropriation : Rent-seeking and Policy Distortion when Property Rights are Insecure

Boondoogles and Expropriation : Rent-seeking and Policy Distortion when Property Rights are Insecure

Most analyses of property rights and economic development point to the negative influence of insecure property rights on private investment. The authors focus instead on the largely unexamined effects of insecure property rights on government polic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Keefer, Philip, Knack, Stephen
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
EXPROPRIATION
RENT-SEEKING
RENT-SEEKING BEHAVIOR
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
GOVERNMENT POLICY
TAX REVENUES
INCENTIVES
RULE OF LAW
FISCAL MANAGEMENT
FISCAL POLICY
BUREAUCRACY & CORRUPT PRACTICES
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE
ELECTIONS
EXECUTIVE POWER
GROWTH-REDUCING POLICIES AGENTS
AUTHORITY
BUREAUCRACY
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CITIZENS
CLOSED ECONOMY
COMPETITIVENESS
CORRUPTION
DECISION MAKERS
DECISION MAKING
DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY
DEMOCRACY
DISCOUNT RATE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
ELECTORAL PERFORMANCE
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EXPENDITURE
FISCAL
GDP
GOVERNMENT ACTION
GOVERNMENT DECISION
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT EXPROPRIATION
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROWTH RATE
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATURES
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MACROECONOMICS
MARGINAL UTILITY
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONALIZATION
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICIANS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC PROPERTY
PUBLIC SPENDING
RENTS
ROADS
SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
TAX
TAX POLICY
TAX RATE
TAX REVENUE
TAXATION
UTILITY FUNCTION
VETO
VOTERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2040837/boondoogles-expropriation-rent-sseking-policy-distortion-property-rights-insecure
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19219

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2040837/boondoogles-expropriation-rent-sseking-policy-distortion-property-rights-insecure
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19219

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