, model parameters, the base scenario, and key simulation results comparing the USA to Germany, France, and Spain. …

. This paper tests these ideas with two sources of evidence. We argue that observed equilibria in Germany and the U …

lobbying (internal organization vs. trade association) by firms in administrative agencies. It explores the power and … limitations of the collective action theories and transaction cost theories in explaining lobbying. It introduces a dataset of … over 900 lobbying contacts cover 101 issues at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in early 1998. We find that the …

political mechanisms: we study legislative bargaining, lobbying, and electoral competition, as well as the possible interactions …

competition in U.S. industries. Lobbying expenditures increase as a consequence of import changes related to the China shock. The … effect on lobbying is not homogeneous across firms and it concentrates particularly in those producers which are behind the … technological frontier. We discuss theoretical mechanisms driving lobbying of firms away from the technological frontier: not only …

well as industry lobbying data. We find that tariff levels are largely determined by firm lobbies, but about about 5 …