In this paper, we provide an overview of the influence of Tullock’s work on rent-seeking in the area of economics education. After summarizing the basic rent-seeking model in both a domestic and international context, we conduct an analysis of undergraduate and graduate textbooks in public economics. We find a majority of undergraduate texts cover rent-seeking in depth, but two texts provide zero coverage. No graduate textbook surveyed mentions rent-seeking. We conclude by summarizing the economic education literature on rent-seeking, which can be divided into either classroom experiments or popular culture examples.
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Hall, J., Matti, J., & Ferreira Neto, A. B. (2019). Rent-seeking in the classroom and textbooks: Where are we after 50 years? Public Choice, 181(1–2), 71–82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-018-0563-z
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