The concepts of rents and rent-seeking are central to any discussion of the processes of economic development. Yet conventional models of rent-seeking are unabl

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Hydro resources are provided by nature. The exploitation of such resources can generate significant economic rent to the owners. In the past, governments have u

In China, rent seeking has been linked to the idea of the local developmental state in which rapid economic development is explained in terms of the promotion o