Rent-seeking behavior refers to an activity by individuals or groups with the intention of obtaining favorable or unfavorable outcomes from a political process to the detriment of the other majority . The incentive for individuals to put more time and effort into rent seeking will be determined by how attractive it is. A good example of rent-seeking behavior is found in the political context of African countries. Politicians interested in maximizing votes and therefore re-election seek contributions from interest groups to finance their campaigns for public office. Interest groups eager to influence political outcomes willingly provide campaign contributions hoping that, once elected, the legislature will support special interest legislation to create rents and enhance the interest group's ability to extract those rents from the economy. This process of spending resources in an attempt to influence public policy outcomes is known as rent seeking (Tullock, 1967). The most common methods used to influence the government or influence policy outcomes are lobbying, bribery and political campaigning....