Meanings
nounrent-seeker (plural rent-seekers)
plural rent-seekers
- economicsA person who engages in rent-seeking behavior.
The marginal rent-seeker may in fact have faced high information costs.
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
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 尋租的人 /寻租的人
- 尋租的人 /寻租的人 (xúnzū de rén)person
Finnish omaneduntavoittelija
- omaneduntavoittelijaperson
Indonesian pemburu rente
- pemburu renteperson
Turkish rantçı
- rantçıperson
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