• Title of article

    Is collusion of corrupt agents welfare increasing?

  • Author/Authors

    Costas Roumanias، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    421
  • To page
    425
  • Abstract
    If corrupt agents cannot observe the profitability of firms, the welfare loss is increasing and revenues from corrupt activities are decreasing in the number of agents. Reducing the number of corrupt agents in any way possible is then Pareto improving.
  • Keywords
    concentration , Social loss , Firm exit , rent seeking
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2007
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    436172