Rent-seeking is broader than Public Choice in that it applies to autocracies as well as democracies and, therefore, is not directly concerned with collective decision-making.

• 竞租理论的范畴事实上大过了公共选择理论，因为它可以同时套用在独裁制度或民主制度上，也因此它并不完全是针对集体决策的研究。