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Lobbying and the International Accounting Standards Committee [PDF]
, 2001 Systems theory and agency theory were employed as the theoretical bases for a study of lobbying and the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) during the years of the Core Standards Programme, 1993-98.
Day, Robert, Kirsch, R.J.
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Lobbying for Globalisation [PDF]
The Economic JournalAbstract Using detailed information from lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, we construct a unique dataset that allows us to identify which firms lobby on free trade agreements negotiated by the United States, their positions (in favour or against) and their lobbying efforts on the ratification of each trade ...
Blanga-Gubbay, Michael +2 more
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In this paper, we present a citizen-candidate model of representative democracy with endogenous lobbying. We find that lobbying induces policy compromise and always affects equilibrium policy outcomes. In particular, even though the policy preferences of
Antonio Merlo, Leonardo Felli
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Communicare, 2022 This article focuses on lobbying in South Africa, with special reference to the business sector. Lobbying does indeed take place in South Africa, but is on an ad hoc and unstructured basis when compared with the USA, for example. Most of the persons who
Yolanda Kleynhans
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Lobbying in the European Union and the Czech Republic
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2013 Transparent lobbying is a natural and desirable part of the functioning of each democratic state. The paper analyzes the specific ways, perception and regulation of lobbying in the European Union and the Czech Republic.
Daniela Dvořáková
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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
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Regime Change and Arab Countries' Lobbying in the United States
Arab Studies Quarterly, 2013 In this article lobbying by several Arab countries in the United States is analyzed to answer two questions: What are the ramifications of a regime change for lobbying strategy in the United States? Does lobbying matter in securing US government support?
Sergey Kostyaev
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THE LAW ON LOBBYING IN THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND. THEORY AND PRACTICE (2006 - 2010) [PDF]
CES Working Papers, 2014 Effective functioning of the lobbying phenomenon facilitates economic development for every country. However this form of political participation can weaken economic growth if it is not properly controlled.
Maciej Olejnik
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The complexity of probabilistic lobbying [PDF]
Discrete Optimization, 2009 We propose models for lobbying in a probabilistic environment, in which an actor (called "The Lobby") seeks to influence voters' preferences of voting for or against multiple issues when the voters' preferences are represented in terms of probabilities. In particular, we provide two evaluation criteria and two bribery methods to formally describe these
Gábor Erdélyi +5 more
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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
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