Public Goods, Redistribution and Rent Seeking

by Gordon Tullock

Gordon Tullock, eminent political economist and one of the founders of public choice, offers this new and fascinating look at how governments and externalities are linked. Economists frequently justify government as dealing with externalities, defined as benefits or costs that are generated as the result of an economic activity, but that do not accrue directly to those involved in the activity. In this original work, Gordon Tullock posits that government...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184376637X
• ISBN13: 9781843766377
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.