1.Are the following examples of rent-seeking? Why or why not?

a.Tesla, Inc. advocating for a national carbon tax on fossil fuel emissions because such a tax would make the cost of business higher for its rivals

b.The Texas A&M Agricultural Economics department offering a new course in agricultural political strategy to attract new students

c.The National Farmers Union sending 350 members to Washington D.C. to lobby for new price supports amid a period of low crop prices and depressed farm incomes

d.Joe Bidenpromising to support ethanol so that he can get votes from farmers in theIowacaucus