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单词 rent-seeking
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Definition of rent-seeking in English:

rent-seeking

noun
mass nounEconomics

  • The fact or practice of manipulating public policy or economic conditions as a strategy for increasing profits.

    cronyism and rent-seeking have become an integral part of the way our biggest companies do business
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The developmental state sets clear policies and goals for the economy and carries these out while simultaneously minimizing corporate rent-seeking and bureaucratic failure.
    • The public choice theorist would be looking to judge empirically the effects of rent seeking.
    • There is no doubt that policy failures, weak governments, distorted incentive structures and rent-seeking are common around the world.
    • One thing I think that was in the background in the reforms was that reducing the discretionary powers of the state would also reduce rent-seeking by the state.
    • This shadow economy includes whole industries owned or controlled by organized crime, and rent-seeking and bribery schemes on the part of government officials.
    • The same rent-seeking against consumers continues.
    • Rent seeking by the rich, and by the less rich, is objectionable.
    • Many extreme examples of rent-seeking have been documented in the least performing economies.
    • Examples of rent seeking are legion and largely responsible for underdevelopment.
    • The adverse consequences of rent-seeking have long been of concern.
adjective
Economics

  • Engaging in or involving the manipulation of public policy or economic conditions as a strategy for increasing profits.

    rent-seeking lobbyists
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The rich benefit from rising productivity and enhanced rent seeking opportunities.
    • Property can be just as much a rent-seeking device as monopoly.
    • It has been alleged that rent-seeking activities contribute to significant inefficiencies in resource allocation.
    • The rent-seeking dynamic doesn't get much more vulgar than this city's zoning code.
    • More broadly, producers are likely to engage in what economists call "rent-seeking behavior".
    • The Supreme Court did not strike these laws down on grounds that they were special-interest rent-seeking legislation.
    • More important too is that privatization is also greatly effective in reducing rent-seeking activities of government officials.
    • He said that the rent-seeking practice of landowners resulted in "very short-term vision, resulting in poor investments in land".
    • The presence of monopoly rents tends to foster rent-seeking behavior.
    • He divides rent-seeking firms into those that have no hope of surviving without protection, and those firms that prefer protection, but that might succeed at competing internationally if forced to.

Definition of rent-seeking in US English:

rent-seeking

noun
Economics

  • The fact or practice of manipulating public policy or economic conditions as a strategy for increasing profits.

    cronyism and rent-seeking have become an integral part of the way our biggest companies do business
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many extreme examples of rent-seeking have been documented in the least performing economies.
    • The developmental state sets clear policies and goals for the economy and carries these out while simultaneously minimizing corporate rent-seeking and bureaucratic failure.
    • One thing I think that was in the background in the reforms was that reducing the discretionary powers of the state would also reduce rent-seeking by the state.
    • There is no doubt that policy failures, weak governments, distorted incentive structures and rent-seeking are common around the world.
    • This shadow economy includes whole industries owned or controlled by organized crime, and rent-seeking and bribery schemes on the part of government officials.
    • Rent seeking by the rich, and by the less rich, is objectionable.
    • The adverse consequences of rent-seeking have long been of concern.
    • Examples of rent seeking are legion and largely responsible for underdevelopment.
    • The public choice theorist would be looking to judge empirically the effects of rent seeking.
    • The same rent-seeking against consumers continues.
adjective
Economics

  • Engaging in or involving the manipulation of public policy or economic conditions as a strategy for increasing profits.

    rent-seeking lobbyists
    Example sentencesExamples
    • More important too is that privatization is also greatly effective in reducing rent-seeking activities of government officials.
    • The rich benefit from rising productivity and enhanced rent seeking opportunities.
    • The presence of monopoly rents tends to foster rent-seeking behavior.
    • More broadly, producers are likely to engage in what economists call "rent-seeking behavior".
    • He divides rent-seeking firms into those that have no hope of surviving without protection, and those firms that prefer protection, but that might succeed at competing internationally if forced to.
    • The Supreme Court did not strike these laws down on grounds that they were special-interest rent-seeking legislation.
    • Property can be just as much a rent-seeking device as monopoly.
    • The rent-seeking dynamic doesn't get much more vulgar than this city's zoning code.
    • It has been alleged that rent-seeking activities contribute to significant inefficiencies in resource allocation.
    • He said that the rent-seeking practice of landowners resulted in "very short-term vision, resulting in poor investments in land".
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