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

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
Subjects:
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
ACTIVISM
ALLOCATION
ANARCHY
AUTONOMY
BIDDING
BUREAUCRACY
BUSINESSMEN
CAPABILITIES
CAPITALISM
CETERIS PARIBUS
CHECKS AND BALANCES
CIVIL SOCIETY
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COLLUSION
COMPETITIVENESS
COMPLAINT
COMPLAINTS
CONFIDENCE
CONSTITUENCY
CONSTITUENTS
CONSUMER GROUPS
CONSUMERS
CORPORATION
CORRUPTION
CRIME
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DICTATORSHIP
DISCRETION
DYNASTIES
ECONOMIC RENTS
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELECTIONS
ETHIC
FACTION
FACTIONS
FRAUD
FREEDOM
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES
INITIATIVE
INVESTIGATION
LEADERSHIP
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LIABILITY
MARGINAL VALUE
MAYORS
MEDIA
MERGERS
MONOPOLY
MORAL HAZARD
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
PATRONAGE
PEACE
PENALTIES
PERSONAL GAIN
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
POLITICAL BENEFITS
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
POLITICAL CONDITIONS
POLITICAL CULTURE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF REFORM
POLITICAL FACTORS
POLITICAL GROUPS
POLITICAL INFLUENCE
POLITICAL INTEREST
POLITICAL INTERESTS
POLITICAL INTERFERENCE
POLITICAL MACHINE
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL PARTY
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICIAN
POLITICIANS
POLITICIZATION
PREFERENTIAL
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PROCUREMENT
PROCUREMENTS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC SERVICES
RENT SEEKING
SAVINGS
SERVICE DELIVERY
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
STATE POLICIES
TAKEOVER
THEFT
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPARENCY
VIOLENCE
VOTERS
VOTING
WEALTH
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3472

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3472

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