租就是超过机会成本的收入。“寻租活动”(rent-seekingactivities)就是利用行政手段来维护既得的经济利益或是对既是的经济利益进行再分配。在现实中,权力因素往往直接介入经济活动之中去,干预经济当事人之间的交易。在此前提下,很多人会力求借助于权力因素设立垄断、限制、特权,以谋取个人和单位的最大利益,即获得租金,这就产生了“寻租”行为。 Rent is more than the opportunity cost of income. Rent-seeking activities is the use of administrative measures to preserve vested economic interests or redistribute economic interests. In reality, power factors often intervene directly in economic activities and intervene in transactions between economic parties. Under this premise, many people seek to establish monopolies, restrictions and privileges based on the power factor in order to obtain the best interests of individuals and units, that is, to obtain rents, which results in “rent-seeking” behavior.