Rent‐Seeking and Ex Post Acceptance of Reforms in Higher Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23165498 |
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| Authors | Michael Mitsopoulos (0000-0002-6368-1144, University of Piraeus, corresponding author), Theodore Pelagidis (0000-0001-8985-7171, University of Piraeus) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 177-192 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Economic Policy Reform (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-7870 • E-ISSN: 1748-7889 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17487870701447502 |
| OpenAlex | W2134100256 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
Resistance to reduced government intervention in the management of higher education institutions is commonly observed in Continental Europe. We offer a theoretical argument to describe how rent seeking through ex‐ante fierce resistance to reform in tertiary education is compatible with a widespread ex‐post adoption of reforms which liberate universities from suffocating state control.
Argument (complex analysis) · Economic growth · Economics · Ex-ante · Government (linguistics) · Higher education · Macroeconomics · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Rent-seeking · Resistance (ecology) · State (computer science) · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Highly cited | No |
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