In Economics, Actions by Individuals and Interest Groups Designed to Influence

question 186

Multiple Choice

In economics, actions by individuals and interest groups designed to influence public policy in a manner that will either directly or indirectly redistribute more income to themselves are known as

• A) logrolling.
• B) rent seeking.
• C) influence peddling.
• D) redistribution searching.

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Definitions:

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