Discussion paper DP16565 The impact of common law on the volume of legal services: An international study Jacques MELITZ Enzo Dia 20 Sep 2021 Common law Civil law Legal services Rent-seeking Trade openness Financial Economics International Macroeconomics and Finance Public Economics
VoxEU Column Corruption under austerity Daniele Gianmarco Tommaso Giommoni 10 May 2021 Macroeconomic policy Politics and economics Europe's nations and regions Austerity Corruption Domestic Stability Pact Fiscal austerity Fiscal rules Italy Public spending Rent-seeking
Discussion paper DP15855 Optimal Sequential Contests Toomas Hinnosaar 28 Feb 2021 Contest design Oligopoly Public goods Rent-seeking R&d Industrial Organization C72 C73 D72 D82 D74
VoxEU Column Shipwrecked by rents Fernando Arteaga Desiree Desierto Mark Koyama 25 Oct 2020 Competition Policy Economic history International trade Bribes colonial empire Corruption International trade Mexico Monopoly Philippines Rent-seeking Risk Safety
Discussion paper DP15300 Shipwrecked by Rents Fernando Arteaga Desiree Desierto Mark Koyama 16 Sep 2020 Corruption Rent-seeking Bribery Shipwrecks Economic History N00 N13 K00
VoxEU Column Political connections, privileged access to credit, and welfare costs Maurizio Bussolo Francesca de Nicola Ugo Panizza Richard Varghese 28 Feb 2020 Competition Policy Industrial organisation Politics and economics Political connections Rent-seeking Cronyism Corruption Competition Credit
Discussion paper DP14407 The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe Mark Koyama Desiree Desierto 13 Feb 2020 Status competition Regulation Rent-seeking Political economy Economic History N4 N43 K42 Z10 D91
Discussion paper DP12182 The Rise of New Corruption: British MPs during the Railway Mania of 1845 Rui Esteves Gabriel Geisler Mesevage 25 Jul 2017 Voting Networks Rent-seeking Railways Economic History Public Economics D72 N44 N73
VoxEU Column Double diversification Thorvaldur Gylfason Per Wijkman 6 Feb 2017 Development International trade Politics and economics Specialisation Diversification Growth Dutch disease Rent-seeking Concentration Democracy
Discussion paper DP10247 Optimal Taxation with Rent-Seeking Florian Scheuer 16 Nov 2014 Multidimensional screening Rent-seeking Tax policy Public Economics D5 D8 E6 H2 J6
VoxEU Column Football in the time of protest Nauro Campos 13 Jun 2014 Institutions and economics Politics and economics Corruption Political economy Soccer Rent-seeking Football Brazil Infrastructure sport Protests FIFA
VoxEU Column Foreign aid and income inequality within recipient countries: Another sad result on aid effectiveness! Dierk Herzer Peter Nunnenkamp 1 Apr 2012 Development Poverty and Income Inequality Foreign aid Rent-seeking Inequalities
