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The attempt to profit by manipulating the economic or political environment, especially by the use of subsidies.See Also: rent seeker
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Rent seeking — In economics, rent seeking occurs when an individual, organization or firm seeks to make money by manipulating the economic and/or legal environment rather than by trade and production of wealth. The term comes from the notion of economic rent,… … Wikipedia
Rent-seeking — Eine politische Rente ist ein Einkommen, das man vom Staat oder bürokratischen Institutionen erhält, ohne eine Gegenleistung zu erbringen. Dies kann beispielsweise durch unmittelbare staatliche Transfers oder durch staatliche Diskriminierung von… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Rent seeking — Eine politische Rente ist ein Einkommen, das man vom Staat oder bürokratischen Institutionen erhält, ohne eine Gegenleistung zu erbringen. Dies kann beispielsweise durch unmittelbare staatliche Transfers oder durch staatliche Diskriminierung von… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Rent-Seeking — When a company, organization or individual uses their resources to obtain an economic gain from others without reciprocating any benefits back to society through wealth creation. An example of rent seeking is when a company lobbies the government … Investment dictionary
Rent Seeking — 1. Begriff: Versuche der Erschließung, Verteidigung oder Verbesserung von Einkommenserzielungschancen im Marktbereich mithilfe politisch erwirkter Privilegien. Ziel: Dauerhafte Rente (d.h. leistungsloses Einkommen) im Marktbereich. Beispiel:… … Lexikon der Economics
rent — rent1 rentability, n. rentable, adj. /rent/, n. 1. a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property. 2. a payment or series of payments made by a lessee to … Universalium
rent seeker — noun A person who engages in rent seeking behavior … Wiktionary
Economic rent — is the difference between what a factor of production is paid and how much it would need to be paid to remain in its current use.There are multiple mechanisms that can create economic rent: political contrivance, network effect, monopoly power,… … Wikipedia
Ground rent — A ground rent, sometimes known as a rentcharge or a chief rent in North West England, see [http://www.gos.gov.uk/gonw/PeopleSustainableCommunities/Housing/Rentcharges/ Government Office for the North West] Retrieved on 2008 02 06] is a regular… … Wikipedia
Tilden Rent-A-Car Co. v. Clendenning — (1978), 83 DLR (3d) 400 is a leading Canadian contract law decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal on standard form contracts. The Court held that a party can only be bound to a signed standard form contract when it is reasonable to believe… … Wikipedia
