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2. 1. A Scramble for Rents : Foreign Aid and Armed Conflict

   Author : Margareta Sollenberg; Mats Hammarström; Peter Wallensteen; Erik Melander; Margit Bussmann; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; armed conflict; civil conflict; civil war; coup d etat; foreign aid; rents; institutions; aid dependence; aid shocks; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : Previous research has not specified the circumstances under which foreign aid may increase the probability of armed conflict. The purpose of this dissertation is to address this gap by employing a theoretical framework in which foreign aid produces incentives for a rent-seeking scramble among elites. READ MORE

4. 2. Models of Electoral Competition : Three Essays on Political Economics

   Author : Jan Klingelhöfer; Torsten Persson; Christian Schultz; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Elections; Lobbying; Rents; Imperfect Information; Median Voter Theorem; Accountability; Valence; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays in theoretical political economics. In "The Swing Voters' Blessing", I model elections with quality differences between two ideological candidates. The quality differences are only observable to a limited number of informed voters. READ MORE

5. 3. Housing Vacancies and Rents in a Rent Controlled Market : the Case of Sweden

   Author : Kerstin Klingborg; Mats Wilhelmsson; Rune Wigren; KTH; []
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6. 4. Essays in Institutional and Development Economics

   Author : Heather Congdon Fors; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; institutions; property rights; resource rents; rent seeking; child labor;

   Abstract : Paper 1: "Congo: The Prize of Predation" Abstract: The article analyzes the war against Mobutu (1996-97) and the more recent war (1998- ) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with particular attention to greed and grievance as motivating factors in these two wars. Whereas the authors' usage of the term "greed" simply reflects the desire to gain control of natural resource rents, they model "grievance" as deliberate institutional differences, implemented by the ruler, between the formal and informal sectors. READ MORE

7. 5. Empirical studies of property appraiser behaviour and of location value in office rents

   Author : Olof Netzell; Åke Gunnelin; Lennart Berg; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Space Syntax; translog; hedonic model; office space; rent; Stockholm; property appraisal; capitalization rate; appraiser behaviour; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

   Abstract : In the first paper the effect of accessibility upon rent is investigated for office properties located in Downtown Stockholm. Starting from the firm’s cost minimization problem, a translog hedonic model is derived. The results suggest the model has good predictive power in explaining the variation in the log of the rent. READ MORE