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We study the role of firms in the political economy of trade agreements. Using detailed information from lobbying … reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, we find that virtually all firms that lobby on free trade agreements (FTAs …) support their ratification. Moreover, relative to non-lobbying firms, lobbying firms are larger, and more likely to be engaged …
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Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. From Plurality of Issue to Monopoly and Back: 1850-60 -- Chapter 3. From the "Law of Impediments" to Restoration of Monopoly: 1860-66 -- Chapter 4. The Treasury as a Monopolist Note Issuer: 1866-89 -- Chapter 5. Taking Stock: Monetary and Banking Policy in...
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Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The war before the war: Limiting the New Deal, 1933-39 -- Chapter 3: Making the most of mobilization, 1939-41 -- Chapter 4: Life on the Periphery, 1941-43 -- Chapter 5: Coming in from the cold: post-war visions crystalize, 1944-45 -- Chapter 6: From strength...
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During the last decade unicameral proposals have been put forward in fourteen US states. In this paper we propose a theoretical framework casting some lights on the drawbacks of bicameral state legislatures and on the effects of the proposed constitutional reforms. In a setting where lawmakers...
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lobbying, because now decisions are too sensitive to the preferences of the organised group. …
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