Policymakers face time and resource constraints in investigating issues and formulating policies. How do these constraints affect information transmission by informed but biased interest groups? We study this question using a model in which interest groups lobby a policymaker by offering...

Whom should an interest group lobby in a legislature? I develop a model of informational lobbying in which a legislature must decide on the allocation of a local publicly-provided good across districts. An interest group chooses sequentially to search and provide information on districts'...