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The case for lobbying transparency
Games and Economic Behavior, 2023 Lobbying transparency regulations are hailed as a potential solution to concerns aboutthe excessive influence of special interest groups (SIGs) over policy-making. I study how theseregulations shape strategic interactions between voters, politicians and SIGs.
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Lobbying on the IASB Standards: An analysis of the Lobbyists’ Behaviour over Period 2006–2014
Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting, 2015 The paper investigates whether there is any significant difference in lobbying behaviour on the IASB’s projects depending on the type of a project. In particular, we scrutinise the differences in number of comments letters received for: (a) major vs ...
David Procházka
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Collective irresponsibility: corporate reputations and the role of associations in lobbying
Business and PoliticsWhy do companies sometimes lobby legislators directly and sometimes act predominantly through business associations? Although economic factors, such as size and profitability, are well-known determinants of companies’ decision to lobby, they alone cannot
Christina L. Toenshoff
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Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 2012 This thesis examines the participatory lobbying of Puerto Rican Statute #232 of August of 2004, which was a joint endeavor by members of low-income communities, headed by members of the Los Filtros community, and the community development section of the ...
Myrta Morales-Cruz
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Международная аналитикаThis article is devoted to the phenomenon of pro-Israel lobbying in the United States that is often defined as a model for other lobbies. The U.S. Jewish community coordinated its efforts and resources to become an interest group and then developed ...
L. R. Khlebnikova
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Determinants of corporate lobbying intensity in the lease standard-setting process
Revista de Contabilidad: Spanish Accounting Review, 2017 The highly controversial lease standard-setting project that will replace the standards currently in place, establishes a new approach that includes the recognition of all assets and liabilities associated with lease contracts on the balance sheet ...
Lucia Mellado, Laura Parte
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Trade lobbying works (for big firms): Evidence from the China trade war
Business and PoliticsIs trade lobbying effective and does its effectiveness vary across firms? Using requests for relief from China trade war tariffs, we demonstrate that lobbying for specific trade policies contributed to securing those exact policies, an elusive target in ...
Ayse Eldes, Jieun Lee, Iain Osgood
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Studies on National MovementsThis paper focuses on the origins of Armenian lobbying the U.S. government for favourable policies toward the Armenian cause in the homeland — that is, Ottoman Armenia and the Republic of Armenia (1918-1921).
Simon Payaslian
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The business fluctuations and the lobbying evolution in European Union, Canada and USA
Romanian Economic Journal, 2015 Business fluctuations are associated with business cycles but are not implying the regularity. We consider that the lobbying activities can influence the periods of economic recession and expansion from business fluctuations.
Oanta Ilie Stefan, Vasilcovschi Nicoleta
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British Journal of Political ScienceThis research note investigates how the involvement of firms in American politics has developed over the past two decades. The central question is whether individual firms have become more active lobbyists compared to business associations in the US ...
Marcel Hanegraaff +2 more
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