Rent-seeking behavior results in
a. increased economic activity by promoting efficiency.
b. lower economic activity by diverting resource to less-productive uses.
c. a more equitable distribution of income and wealth.
d. lower prices throughout the economy.
e. greater income and wealth in the private sector.
B
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A) the country's net indebtedness to foreigners. B) its international trading, borrowing, and lending. C) the flow of human and nonhuman resources between it and its trading partners. D) only its official transactions with other governments.
Pizza joints often offer substantially lower prices for pizza picked up at the shop compared to delivered pizza prices. This may be an attempt at
A) perfect price discrimination. B) group price discrimination. C) quantity discrimination. D) second-degree price discrimination.