In many large U.S. cities, monopoly owners of sports franchises have been lobbying local governments for new publicly financed sports stadiums. Is this a form of rent seeking?
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- conduct a search for sports stadiums and look at one of the documents collected there.
- Is there convincing evidence of rent seeking?
- If so, how does that relate to the welfare cost of monopoly?
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