Game analysis of information rent-seeking in government information publicity

In this paper, the author develops a model of information rent-seeking in government information publicity. using the game theory. It focuses on the benefit and behaviors of three players in the activity, the central government, government branches and rent-seekers. We hypothesized that the three players were reasonableness economic person and risk neutral, and founded the reaction function about them. The findings contribute to an understanding of why information rent-seeking happened and how the central authorities censor the activity.