politicians’ rents than proportional representation. We test these predictions using micro data for the mixed-member Italian House …

empirical evidence shows that bad but dedicated politicians come along with good but not fully committed politicians. There is …

generated by migration. Narrow self-interests may be present not only for interest groups but also for ruling politicians and … affect, via a lobbying process, the choice of public policy. We also consider how interest groups and lobbying activities …

power of landowner relationship networks and lobbying behaviour on successfully gaining value-enhancing rezoning. A State …

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 … between bribing and lobbying. We test our predictions using survey data for about 6000 firms in 26 countries. Our results …

of the lobbying investment depends on whether or not the candidates are willing to respond and able to collude on low …-tax policies that do not harm their relative chances in the elections. In the experiment, we find that lobbying is never successful …% of societies with finitely-repeated encounters. However, lobbying investments are not always profitable, and profit …