allowing for the possibility that policymakers also may be influenced by the rent-seeking (lobbying) behavior of businesses …

in US states may indeed reduce corruption levels among elected representatives. -- bicameralism ; corruption ; lobbying …

partner, the agreement can cause a leakage of protectionist benefits to domestic industry from lobbying against external …

on the influence of lobbying by both national firms and foreign multinationals on trade policies and the gains from …

We study lobbying behavior by firms in a two-region economy, with either centralized or decentralized provision of … profit-enhancing local public goods. Firms compete either in the market, lobbying for public good provision once entered in a … market, or for the market, lobbying to gain ccess to it. When firms compete in the market, we show that lobbying is …