Working Paper No. 04-01-01 RENT SEEKING: A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE
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چکیده
In this paper, it is argued that the college textbook market provides a clear example of monopoly seeking as described by Tullock (1967, 1980). This behavior is also known as rent seeking. Since this market is important to students, this example of rent seeking will be of particular interest to them.
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