Abstract

BLANCO LIZANO, Randall. Rentismo y modelo liberalizador en Costa Rica. El caso de la Fundación Omar Dengo: : 1987-2009. Diálogos rev. electr. hist [online]. 2011, vol.12, n.1, pp.35-50. ISSN 1409-469X.

This paper examines the scope of the discussions proposed by some Costa Rican economists using the  concept  of  rent-seeking  and  makes  extensive  use  of  the  concept  to  analyze  a  particular  case: the  practices  of  the  institutions  of  the  new  model  badges  liberalization:  Fundación  Omar  Dengo, to prove the correctness of the statements of Costa Rican economists, in the sense that competition eliminates rent-seeking practices. The phenomenon of rent seeking was a phenomenon exclusive to the import substitution model or is it a form of usufruct extend the liberalization model?. And if this form of exploitation is extended to the new model: Who are the new renters in the Costa Rica of competition and what mechanisms they use to produce your income?.

Keywords : Rent seekers; free trade model; Fundación Omar Dengo.

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