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Do Firm’s Organisational Slacks Influence the Relationship between Corporate Lobbying and Corporate Financial Performance? More Is Not Always Better

open access: yesInternational 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

Learning by Lobbying

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science
How do interest groups learn about and influence politicians over time? We develop a game-theoretic model where an interest group can lobby a politician while learning about their ideological alignment. Our analysis reveals a fundamental tradeoff: interest groups must balance gathering information against exerting immediate influence, while politicians
Emiel Awad   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immigration detention centers as torturing environments: Ethical reckonings, radical refusals, and implications for a psychology of resistance

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines psychologists' ethical dilemmas in immigration detention centers. Using critical psychology, border, and detention scholarship, it highlights psychologists' historical complicity in state violence, from the U.S. Enhanced Interrogation Program to current border regimes.
Francesca Esposito   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lobbying, Corruption and Other Banes [PDF]

open access: yes
Although the theoretical literature often uses lobbying and corruption synonymously, the empirical literature associates lobbying with the preferred mean for exerting influence in developed countries and corruption with the preferred one in developing ...
Nauro F. Campos, Francesco Giovannoni
core   +2 more sources

Budgets and the timing, intensity, and composition of interest group lobbying in the U.S. states

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science
This paper examines state level lobbying data to determine how budgeting affects the timing, intensity and composition of lobbying expenditures. Using a database of all available lobbying expenditures in the U.S.
John M. de Figueiredo
doaj   +1 more source

Lobbyists in Spain: Professional and Academic Profiles

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2023
Public relations are fundamental in organisations to establish an adequate relationship between the company and its public, and in the field of relations with public authorities, lobbying has become a very important activity.
Antonio Castillo Esparcia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Media Represent Australian Indigenous Business: Comparing Australian and International Coverage

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Media representations of Indigenous business shape public perceptions, investor confidence and consumer demand, influencing how Indigenous enterprises are valued and understood. This Indigenous‐led study systematically reviews grey literature on Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses published between 2006 and 2024 ...
Maria Raciti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Lobbying of Interests” as a Business Practice

open access: yesСовременная конкуренция
This paper provides a comprehensive study of the concept of lobbying of interests, covering both theoretical aspects and practical application of this term in the Russian judicial system.
Oleg V. Osipenko, Alexander I. Kovalenko
doaj   +1 more source

Do drugs approved via expedited approval pathways have therapeutic advantages? A systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Regulators use expedited approval pathways to speed market approval and patient access to promising new drugs. However, there is uncertainty about whether these pathways are successful in approving drugs with significant therapeutic advantages. This systematic review aims to examine the safety, effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of drugs approved via
Ashleigh Hooimeyer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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