Concept information
Preferred term
rent seeking
Definition
- Rent seeking is the competition for politically protected transfers of wealth. The typical rent-seeking scenario includes a “prize” and a set of actors that create, capture, and finance the prize. [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; Rent Seeking]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/rent_seeking
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