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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Main Authors: Keefer, Philip, Knack, Stephen
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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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

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