rent-seeker
(Redirected from rent seeker)
English
editNoun
editrent-seeker (plural rent-seekers)
- (economics) A person who engages in rent-seeking behavior.
- 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:
- The marginal rent-seeker may in fact have faced high information costs.