We show that public charities with corporate directors on their boards spend more on lobbying for connected firms' industry interests. The effects of board connections are stronger when firms have greater lobbying expenditures themselves or when charities are constrained on funding. We rule out...

Politicians preferentially treat firms in their electoral districts. We develop a model of home bias, which shows that a politician with limited political capacity grants a favor to local firms over non-local firms to satisfy voters and induce (re-)elections. We identify domestic firms that run...