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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