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We introduce elements of an auction in a rent-seeking contest. Players compete for a prize. Apart from exerting lobbying efforts, they also submit a bid which is payable only if they win the prize. First, we analyze the model if the returns-to-scale parameters of both bids and efforts are unity. In that case there exists a unique Nash equilibrium in pure strategies, in which each active player submits the same bid, while the sum of all efforts equals that bid. Second, we analyze the case in which the returns-to-scale parameters differ from unity, and derive the implications of that specification.

The 2004 state election in Queensland makes a fascinating study of electoral politics — not because of the eventual outcome (an expected victory for the Labor government headed by Premier Peter Beattie) but for the way the result was achieved. The 2004 election campaign broke the conventional rules of modern party campaigning. It was a campaign of structured under-achievement, of deliberate down-playing and minimalist engagement. Public interest in the campaign never lifted above rock bottom. The main protagonists, sensing that voters might punish anyone talking ‘serious policy ’ or ‘hard-nosed politics ’ consciously toned down their performance and restricted their exposure. At the state level, they consciously tried not to disseminate policy, inform the electorate, push propaganda, or launch into adversarial commentaries on their opponents. Queensland may have pioneered the art of ‘non-campaigning ’ as an alternative model to the more recent media-driven techniques of campaigning. Queensland’s 2004 election was a ‘non-campaign ’ but not because the campaign was uninteresting, did not excite voters, turned off the media or bored many of the key protagonists. Rather, it was a ‘non-campaign ’ because the main political actors chose this strategy as a way of avoiding campaigning — at least in the state-wide context and at the leadership level. The term ‘non-campaigning ’ is used here to denote intentional inactivity during the formal campaign period, to avoid the usual generation of interest in issues, to reduce the risk of inciting a protest vote, and to obviate the need to outline extensive election commitments. ‘Non-campaigning’, we argue, was a deliberate decision not to campaign in the lead-up to the election, and interestingly all the major political parties complied with this strategy for their own different reasons.

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superb research assistance. We are indebted to Peter Dombrowski for help in securing the call-up data, to Daron Shaw for state-level campaign spending data, to Stefano DellaVigna, Scott

IN college General Biology curricula, the topic ofclassical genetics is typically followed by consider-ation of population and evolutionary genetics. After fundamental genetic principles are studied, students are introduced to the Hardy-Weinberg equi-librium as a continuum of Mendelian Genetics in a population context. Population genetics provides a logical segue to the study of evolution. Populations adhering to the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium provide a reference for studying evolutionary changes (Journet 1986). With this as a starting point, Darwin’s observations can be justified and quantified, as well as expanded upon, to include additional aspects of population and evolutionary genetics. The Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is an algebraic mathematical tool for predicting allele frequencies, phenotypes and genotypes in populations (Cum-

This is a summary of the findings of research conducted by the Justice Research and Statistics Association under a grant from the National Institute of Justice. Statistical Analysis Centers in five states conducted this multistate study of convenience store crime.

Mexico, with its rising middle class, is a growing market for U.S. broilers, especially for dark meat (drumsticks, thighs, deboned leg meat, whole legs, and leg quarters). Broiler trade between the United States and Mexico has been restricted to shipments mainly emanating from the United States, with the United States shipping mostly dark meat to Mexico. This study examines sanitary requirements and regulations currently governing U.S.-Mexico broiler trade. Sensitivity analysis, using a cost-minimization mathematical programming model, detects minimal economic impact on the U.S. broiler market if Mexico is allowed to ship fresh, chilled, and frozen poultry to the United States.

A Bird’s-Eye View Mexico, with its rising middle class, is a growing market for U.S. broilers, especially for dark meat (drumsticks, thighs, deboned leg meat, whole legs, and leg quarters). Broiler trade between the United States and Mexico has been restricted to shipments mainly emanating from the United States, with the United States shipping mostly dark meat to Mexico. This study examines sanitary requirements and regulations currently governing U.S.-Mexico broiler trade. Sensitivity analysis, using a cost-minimization mathematical programming model, detects minimal economic impact on the U.S. broiler market if Mexico is allowed to ship fresh, chilled, and frozen poultry to the United States.