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Journal of Political Economy, 2002 We analyze informational lobbying in the context of multi-member legislatures. We show that a single decision maker and a decentralized majoritarian legis- lature provide widely di .erent incentives for interest groups to acquire and transmit policy relevant information.
Bennedsen, Morten, Feldmann, Sven E.
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Bulletin of Economic Research, 2018 ABSTRACTI analyse the interaction between post‐election lobbying and the voting decisions of forward‐looking voters. The existing literature has shown that in models with citizen candidates from a dispersed distribution of preferences, lobbying has no influence on implemented policy.
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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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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2004 We develop a model of endogenous lobby formation in which wealth inequality and political accountability undermine entry and financial development. Incumbents seek a low level of effective investor protection to prevent potential entrants from raising capital. They succeed because they can promise larger political contributions than the entrants due to
Perotti, E.C., Volpin, P.
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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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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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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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Lobbying against environmental regulation vs. lobbying for loopholes [PDF]
European Journal of Political Economy, 2003 We analyze the determinants of environmental policy when two firms engage in two types of lobbying against a restriction on allowed pollution: General lobbying increases the total amount of allowed pollution, which is beneficial for both firms. Private lobbying increases the individual pollution standard of the lobbying firm, but has a negative or zero
Polk, Andreas, Schmutzler, Armin
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Transparency in Lobbying as Perceived by Organisational Representatives in the Czech Republic
Review of Economic Perspectives, 2017 This paper focuses on transparency in lobbying as perceived by in sample organisations in the Czech Republic. The paper’s aim is to study how lobbying and its impact on decision-making practices are perceived by organisational representatives and to ...
Vnoučková Lucie, Žák Milan
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