Using a model of repeated agency, we explain previously unexplained features of the real-world lobbying industry …. Lobbying is divided between direct representation by special interests to policymakers, and indirect representation where … analytical structure allows us to explain several trends in lobbying. For example, using the observation that in the U.S. over …

reduce lobbying. However empirical evidence suggests that this is not always the case. This paper attempts to explain the … measure lobbying in two ways: (i) the number of lobbies formed under the two settings and, (ii) their impact on policy … offset their influence on policy; however it is possible that the threat of lobbying may affect policy even when no lobby …

chosen contest — which we call a ‘tax lottery' — can correct the distortion in private consumption while, at the same time … nor a sales tax combined with a ‘simple' lottery can induce efficiency in the standard environment …