The Politics of Power : The Political Economy of Rent-Seeking in Electric Utilities in the Philippines

This paper takes advantage of unique intra-country variation in the Philippines power sector to examine under what conditions politicians have an incentive to "capture" an electric utility and use it for the purposes of rent-seeking. The...

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Main Authors: Hasnain, Zahid, Matsuda, Yasuhiko
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110623180935
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3472