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 …

introduce a common-agency lobbying game, where agents attempt to influence the location and provision decisions by the … lobbying game can replicate the optimal solution. Second, under-provision and over-provision of the public good may be obtained … an agglomeration effect. Third, some non-lobbying neighborhoods may be better off than in the case where all …