Which of the Following Statements About Rent Seeking Is False

question 93

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about rent seeking is false?

• A)Rent seeking often involves governments because governments transfer huge amounts of funds that economic agents must compete for.
• B)A person is engaging in rent-seeking behaviour when he uses the political process to acquire ownership of a resource that belongs to the public.
• C)Because rent seeking redistributes society's resources, anyone engaging in such behaviour is violating the law.
• D)If a firm can benefit from government intervention in the economy, it is more likely to spend resources attempting to secure this intervention than toward innovating its product to gain a competitive edge in the market.

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Definitions:

Price Decrease

A reduction in the monetary amount that consumers are required to pay to acquire a good or service.

Unit Sales

The total number of individual items or units that are sold within a specific period.

Traceable Fixed Expense

Fixed costs that can be directly linked to a specific segment of a business, like a product line or department.

Price Increase

An adjustment made to the selling price of goods or services, often due to factors such as inflation, increased costs of production, or improvements in quality.