租金的竞争性寻求及其耗散——基于经典文献的术语考证与概念界定

On the Competitive Seeking Nature of Rent and Its Dissipation——A Terminology Research with Definition of Concepts Based on Classical Literature

租金耗散是新政治经济学分析范式的重要概念,但在已有文献中的使用并不恰当。基于对经典文献的述评和语源考察,本文严格区分了租金的生产性耗散和非生产性耗散,指出这两种租金耗散对社会福利的不同结果,给出了一组关于租金及其耗散的形式化定义。

Rent dissipation is an important concept in the analysis paradigm ot neo-pohtlcal eco- nomics. But this concept is not appropriately used in the existing literature. Based on a review of classical literature and an etymology study, the paper makes a strict distinction between produc- tive dissipation and non-productive dissipation of rent. The different consequences of these two types of rent on social welfare are also pointed out. The paper then offers a group of formalized definitions of rent and its dissipation.