Conventional wisdom suggests that lobbying is the preferred mean for exerting political influence in rich countries and … theoretical framework that focus on the relationship between lobbying and corruption (that is, it investigates under what … conditions they are complements or substitutes). The paper also offers novel econometric evidence on lobbying, corruption and …

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 …

lobby the government to change the rules in more developed ones? Should we expect an evolution from bribing to lobbying, or … can countries get trapped in a bribing equilibrium forever? Corruption and lobbying are to some extent substitutes. By …) they switch to lobbying if the level of development is sufficiently high. Combined, the economy might evolve from a bribing …

publications in peer-reviewed journals listed in the Social Science Citation Index for the 2000 - 2009 period. The novel feature of …