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    Scale, productivity growth and risk response un der uncertainty

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    Constrained equilibrium in a bidding problem

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    Constrained equilibrium, Quantity bidding, Prorated distribution, Nash equilibrium, Licenses-on-demand, C70,

    Rent Seeking with Politically Contestable Rights to Tariff-rate Import Quotas **

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    This paper analyzes rent seeking for agricultural import quotas and the associated waste of resources when politically contestable licenses are allocated to either or both importers and exporters. In a two-stage simultaneous contest where firms seek rent for licenses and then bargain over the import/export price, it is shown that (1) rents are not dissipated completely because of uncertainty in allocation of "rights," (2) the dissipation ratio increases if the country with a more competitive contest increases the probability of establishing licenses, (3) rent seeking may cause the market structure to change, (4) less rent is dissipated in the case of pre-existing market power, and (5) allocation of multiple licenses decreases rent-seeking outlays. Copyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2005.
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