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Politics and trade policy : an empirical investigation

Eicher, Theo S.; Osang, Thomas - 2001

In this paper we examine the empirical relevance of three prominent endogenous protection models. Is protection for sale, or do altruistic policy makers worry about political support? We find strong evidence that protection is indeed for sale. The important new result is, however, that not only...

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Repeated lobbying by commercial lobbyists and special interests

Groll, Thomas; Ellis, Christopher J. - 2016

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 …

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Electoral control when policies are for sale

Farvaque, Étienne; Lagadec, Gael - 2009

This article analyses the dynamics of electoral promises, building on an electoral competition model with endogenous policies. It extends the Grossman-Helpman (1994) model [Grossman G., Helpman E. [1994], "Protection for sale", American Economic Review, 84, 4, 833-850] to include sanctions from...

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Economic interests, worldviews and identities : theory and evidence on ideational politics

Ash, Elliott; Mukand, Sharun W.; Rodrik, Dani - 2021

We distinguish between ideational and interest-based appeals to voters on the supply side of politics, and integrate the Keynes-Hayek perspective on the importance of ideas with the Stigler-Becker approach emphasizing vested interests. In our model, political entrepreneurs discover identity and...

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Lobbying and bribes : a survey-based analysis of the demand for influence and corruption

Bennedsen, Morten; Feldmann, Sven E.; Dreyer Lassen, David - 2011

We use survey responses by firms to examine the firm-level determinants and effects of political influence, their perception of corruption and prevalence of bribe paying. We find that: (a) measures of political influence and corruption/bribes are uncorrelated at the firm level; (b) firms that...

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Populists in power

Dörr, Luisa; Potrafke, Niklas; Rösel, Felix - 2021

We examine how populist governments influence political culture and economic outcomes. Some Austrian communities are governed by far-right populist mayors, directly elected by a majority of voters. We exploit close elections and find that the electorate becomes more polarized under populist...

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Neo-protectionism and the European lobbies

Belloc, Marianna - 2014

just signaling for active involvement in lobbying action, since we find evidence that actual meeting attendance has a …

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Precise control over legislative vote outcomes : a forensic approach to political economics

Matter, Ulrich; Slotwinski, Michaela - 2016

We propose a forensic approach to investigate the politico-economic forces that influence narrow vote outcomes in legislative assemblies. Applying nonparametric estimation techniques to a data set covering all roll call votes between 1990 and 2014, we can identify the existence of precise...

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Politics of randomness

Epstein, Gil S.; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2002

clarify how stake asymmetry, lobbying-skill asymmetry and return to lobbying effort determine the relative desirability, from …

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Contests among bureaucrats

Bös, Dieter - 2002

This paper deals with double lobbying: several bureaucrats participate in joint lobbying to get a high total … departmental budget, but they also engage in antagonistic lobbying to reap as high a share of the total budget as possible. The … antagonistic lobbying constitutes a contest among the bureaucrats. This paper characterizes the Nash equilibria in lobbying and …

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