Tkachenko I. Rent-seeking behavior strategy in the sphere of subsoil

The dissertation is devoted to the development of theoretical and methodological positions and the development of practical recommendations for the regulation of rent-seeking behavior of subsoil users. The theoretical and methodological principles of research of rent-oriented behavior are analyzed and generalized. The economic essence of the concept of « rent-seeking behavior strategy», which consists in the intentional (purposeful) activity of the participants of the transaction in the conditions on limited resources and unlimited needs in accordance with their own interests in order to maximize the receipt of rent income by legal or illegal means. The role of the subject-subjective interaction of the state and the sub-user with regard to the ways of realizing their inherent economic interests in relation to the rent is estimated. The typology of differential rent according to the production stages from the standpoint of system and stage is developed, the conceptual scheme of the system on rental relations of the aggregated configuration is substantiated and analyzed, which includes the stages: 1) the formation of rental income; 2) distribution of rental income; 3) use of rental income. The existing methods of determination of rent payments are classified, namely: 3 basic approaches to the calculation of rent payments are selected and considered on the basis of consideration of various natural-component fertility of the subsoil (investment, qualitative, external) regarding the feasibility and feasibility of their application in the formation of a rent-oriented strategy of enterprise behavior in subsoil industries. The current legislation and regulations on payment of rent payments by subsoil users in Ukraine are analyzed, and the imperfection of the mechanism of taxation of subsoil users’ activity is revealed