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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
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
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