of administrative lobbying by the industry may be sufficient to induce the agency to set policies preferred by the … agency's implemented policy, is increasing in the agency's vulnerability to lobbying but decreasing in the interest group …'s lobbying cost when the legislature prefers more extreme policies. Administrative lobbying either amplifies or mitigates the …

The compromise enhancing effect of lobbying on public policy has been established in two typical settings. In the first … demonstrate that in the latter setting, the compromising effect of lobbying need not exist. Our reduced-form, two-stage public …) desires to suckle thereby threatening the public well being more than the lobbying interest groups. The main result specifies …