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Categories: Political corruption, Conflict of interest, Economics of regulation, Lobbying, Public choice theory

regulatory capture agency capture Bought senator capture capture theory

In politics, regulatory capture is a form of corruption of authority that occurs when a political entity, policymaker, or regulator is co-opted to serve the commercial, ideological, or political interests of a minor constituency, such as a particular geographic area, industry, profession, or ideological group. Wikipedia

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Situations in which a government agency created to act in the public interest instead acts in favor of other interests Wikipedia Disambiguation

Form of government failure in which regulations are written in favour of private interests Wikidata

The situation where a regulatory agency, created by government to act in the public interest, instead advances the commercial or political concerns of special interest groups that dominate the affected industry or sector. Wiktionary

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government failure

political corruption

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industry self-regulation

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agency capture, Bought senator, capture (politics), capture theory (Broadcast Media), deep capture, Industry capture, Regulator capture, Regulatory Capture