Results 11 to 20 of about 4,428 (296)
Corporate Lobbying and Financial Performance [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 Corporate lobbying activities are designed to influence legislators and thus to further company goals by encouraging favorable policies and/or outcomes. Using data made available by the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, this study examines corporate lobbying activities from a financial perspective. We find that on average, lobbying is positively related
Chen, Hui, Parsley, David, Yang, Ya-wen
core +6 more sources
Corporate Lobbying and Fraud Detection [PDF]
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2008 AbstractThis paper examines the relation between corporate lobbying and fraud detection. Using data on corporate lobbying expenses between 1998 and 2004, and a sample of large frauds detected during the same period, we find that firms’ lobbying activities make a significant difference in fraud detection: Compared to nonlobbying firms, on average, firms
Yu, Fang, Yu, Xiaoyun
openaire +3 more sources
Corporate Lobbying: A Review of the Recent Literature [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 This survey covers recent literature on lobbying, with particular focus on corporate lobbying. Three main research traditions - contests for policy rent, persuasion games, and multiple means models - are analyzed in detail. Various strategic aspects of lobbying a represented in the context of a single unified model that encompasses both strategic ...
Gregor, Martin
openaire +5 more sources
Corporate lobbying and firm performance variability
Finance Research Letters, 2023 This paper is the first to provide empirical evidence that higher lobbying expenditures are associated with higher operational performance variability. Using data from S&P1500 firms over the 2000–2020 period, our estimates indicate a positive relationship between lobbying expenditures and the variability of return on asset and return on equity ...
Alexandre Girard +2 more
openaire +2 more sources
The effects of lobbying on the FDA’s recall classification
BMC Medical Ethics, 2023 Background The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates goods accounting for 20% of US consumers’ total expenditure. The agency’s potential susceptibility to corporate lobbying and political influence may adversely affect the its abilities to ...
Yifan Zhou
doaj +1 more source
BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020 Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester +16 more
wiley +1 more source
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2023 Background To support public health researchers and advocates seeking to challenge the influence of powerful commercial actors on health, it is necessary to develop a deeper understanding of corporate political activities. This project explores political
Jennifer Lacy-Nichols +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Corporate Power Beyond Lobbying
, 2019 First lines: The biases that private interests can introduce into politics have always been a key concern for democratic theory. Lobbying in particular has come into the focus of social science research since the beginning of the twentieth century.1 After a century of study, there is a general consensus that the freedom of political participation ...
Woll, Cornelia
core +5 more sources
Security Concerns vs. Monied Interests?: The Role of Agenda Setting in Homeland Security
Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs, 2021 This paper applies public policy concepts such as agenda setting, resource allocation, lobbying, and campaign rhetoric to the field of homeland security. The analysis examines the allocation of resources among the U.S.
Andrew Christopher Ziegler
doaj +1 more source
International Journal of Financial Studies, 2018 A political involvement in any organisation has often proved to be profitable for such firms that are seeking support and favourable regulatory conditions.
Woon Leong Lin
doaj +1 more source