rent-seeker

English

Noun

rent-seeker (plural rent-seekers)

1. (economics) A person who engages in rent-seeking behavior.
   • 1993 Jan, Thomas W. Hazlett, Robert J. Michaels, “The Cost of Rent-Seeking: Evidence from Cellular Telephone License Lotteries”, in Southern Economic Journal, volume 59, number 3, pages 425–435:

     The marginal rent-seeker may in fact have faced high information costs.

Translations

person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尋租的人／寻租的人 (xúnzū de rén)

• Finnish: oman edun tavoittelija
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