rent-seeker

English

Noun

rent-seeker (plural rent-seekers)

  1. A person who engages in rent-seeking behavior.
    • 1993, Thomas W. Hazlett and Robert J. Michaels, "The Cost of Rent-Seeking: Evidence from Cellular Telephone License Lotteries", Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 59, No. 3 (Jan., 1993), pp. 425-435
      The marginal rent-seeker may in fact have faced high information costs.

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