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directly unproductive profit-seeking: a standalone construct

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Development economics

activities that yield income to those who pursue them without producing goods or services, such as lobbying for tariffs or evading them.

In development economics, directly unproductive profit-seeking refers to activities that yield income to those who pursue them without producing goods or services, such as lobbying for tariffs or evading them. This meaning comes from Bhagwati (1982) in Journal of Political Economy.[1]

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  1. Bhagwati, J. N. (1982). Directly Unproductive, Profit-Seeking (DUP) Activities. Journal of Political Economy, 90(5), 988-1002. https://doi.org/10.1086/261104

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