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Transfer seeking and avoidance: On the full social costs of rent seeking

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  1. Department of Economics, York University, Downsview, Ontario, Canada

    Elie Appelbaum

  2. Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

    Eliakim Katz

  3. Department of Economics, York University, Downsview, Ontario, Canada

    Eliakim Katz

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We would like to thank Gordon Tullock and an anonymous referee of this journal for their helpful comments and suggestions.

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Appelbaum, E., Katz, E. Transfer seeking and avoidance: On the full social costs of rent seeking. Public Choice 48, 175–181 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00179730

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