Rent-seeking is the act of growing one's existing wealth by manipulating the social or political environment without creating new wealth. Rent-seeking...
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economic rent at Economist.com The Art of Rent, a series of seminars at Queen Mary University of London. Rent-Seeking Network Rent-Seeking papers by...
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Anne Osborn Krueger (section Rent-Seeking)
Krueger is known in macroeconomics and trade, famously coining the term rent-seeking in a 1974 article. Furthermore, she has frequently criticised the U.S...
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use of a good, service or property Economic rent, any payment in excess of the cost of production Rent-seeking, attempting to increase one's share of existing...
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Public choice (section Rent-seeking)
Privilege and Rent Seeking, Springer. Description and chapter-preview links. • Jagdish N. Bhagwati, 1982. "Directly Unproductive, Profit-Seeking (DUP) Activities...
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Gordon Tullock (section Rent-seeking)
referred to as rent-seeking, adapted from the term and concept introduced by economist David Ricardo in the 19th century. Rent seeking, according to public...
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itself Goal seeking Job seeking Rent seeking Seek Limited, an Australian recruitment website Seek, a mobile app made by iNaturalist Seek: Reports from the Edges...
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in the market, resulting in the formation of new economic rents and creating rent-seeking opportunities for certain market entities. In short, it means...
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Economic inequality (section Rent seeking)
concentration, which may better be explained by the non-market force known as "rent-seeking". While the market will bid up compensation for rare and desired skills...
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Insurance (section Insurance industry and rent-seeking)
plan). Certain insurance products and practices have been described as rent-seeking by critics.[citation needed] That is, some insurance products or practices...
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