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Rent gap formation due to public infrastructure and planning policies: An analysis of Greater Santiago, Chile, 2008–2011
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019)
Land upzoning and state investment in public infrastructure are two of the principal factors that increase the rent gap in the city; however, the scale of their impact remains unknown. This paper presents a novel method ...
Can mining countries take advantage of their mining rents? A question of abundance, concentration and institutions
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2020)
A common puzzle in economics is whether natural resources are a 'curse' or a 'blessing' for economic development. Previous studies have suggested that resource booms can promote growth, but private rent-seeking can turn ...
Rent-sharing in Brazil: using trade liberalization as a natural experiment
(Escola de Pós-Graduação em Economia da FGV, 2000-09-28)
This paper examines the extent of rent-sharing in Brazil, between 1988 and 1995, combining two different data sets: annual industrial surveys (pIA) and annual household surveys (PNADs). The aim is to use the trade ...
Rent gap formation due to public infrastructure and planning policies: An analysis of Greater Santiago, Chile, 2008-2011
(SAGE Publications, 2019-10)
Land upzoning and state investment in public infrastructure are two of the principal factors that increase the rent gap in the city; however, the scale of their impact remains unknown. This paper presents a novel method ...
Do tax cuts encourage rent seeking by top corporate executives? Theory and evidence
(Blackwell, 2019)
This paper explores the role of tax policy in shaping incentives for executive effort(labor supply) and rent seeking within the firm. We develop a theoretical model thatdistinguishes between effort and rent-seeking responses ...
DO TAX CUTS ENCOURAGE RENT SEEKING BY TOP CORPORATE EXECUTIVES? THEORY AND EVIDENCE
(Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2019)
This paper explores the role of tax policy in shaping incentives for executive effort (labor supply) and rent seeking within the firm. We develop a theoretical model that distinguishes between effort and rent-seeking ...
DO TAX CUTS ENCOURAGE RENT SEEKING BY TOP CORPORATE EXECUTIVES? THEORY AND EVIDENCE
(Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2019)
This paper explores the role of tax policy in shaping incentives for executive effort (labor supply) and rent seeking within the firm. We develop a theoretical model that distinguishes between effort and rent-seeking ...
Rents, Actors, and the Expansion of Commodity Frontiers in the Gran Chaco
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-01)
Theories of frontier expansion in the last four decades have been mostly shaped by studies of state-driven smallholder colonization. Modern-day agricultural frontiers, however, are increasingly driven by capitalized corporate ...
The importance of administrative data in the evaluation of the incidence of social housing allowance programmes
The aim of this work is to assess the rental assistance programme that was implemented by the Catalan regional government in the 2010s using administrative data provided by the Catalonia Housing Agency to analyse whether ...