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Models of interest groups : four different approaches
Potters, Jan; Winden, Frans van - 1993
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Lobbying of firms by voters
Dahm, Matthias; Dur, Robert A. J.; Glazer, Amihai - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874301
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Lobbying of firms by voters
Dahm, Matthias; Dur, Robert A. J.; Glazer, Amihai - 2009
A firm may induce voters or elected politicians to support a policy it favors by suggesting that it is more likely to invest in a district whose voters or representatives support the policy. In equilibrium, no one vote may be decisive, and the policy may gain strong support though the majority...
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On the dynamics of interest group formation and endogenous policymaking
Sadiraj, Vjollca; Tuinstra, Jan; Winden, Frans A. A. M. van - 2000
We present a dynamic model of the interaction between interest groupsand policymakers, featuringendogenous interest group formation. We show that complicated dynamicpatterns in economicpolicies may arise once interest group formation is taken intoaccount.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303316
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Private interests and government policy in a global world
Jones, Ronald Winthrop - 2000
Today’s global world is characterized not only by a high volume ofinternational trade and foreign investment relativeto national income, but also by a changed composition of that tradetowards a greater fraction of trade in inputs andcapital goods and outsourcing of production.. Emphasized is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303880
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On the size of the winning set in the presence of interest groups
Sadiraj, Vjollca; Tuinstra, Jan; Winden, Frans A. A. M. van - 2005
Interest groups are introduced in a spatial model of electoral competition between two political parties. We show that the presence of these interest groups increases the winning set, which is the set of policy platforms for the challenger that will defeat the incumbent. Therefore interest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343278
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The political economy of corporate control
Perotti, Enrico C.; Thadden, Ernst-Ludwig von - 2005
In a democracy, a political majority can influence both the corporategovernance structure and the return to human and financial capital.We argue that when financial wealth is sufficiently diffused, thereis political support for a strong governance role for dispersed equitymarket investors, and...
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The political economy of financial fragility
Feijen, Erik; Perotti, Enrico C. - 2005
followed by financial crises. We explain this variation as the outcome of lobbying interests capturing the reform process. Even … by more leveraged entrepreneurs, protecting more established producers. As a result, lobbying may deliberately worsen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348359
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The impact of lobbying on the allocation of political authority
Falconieri, Sonia - 2001
This paper studies the internal organizational design of politicalinstitutions in presence of lobbying. We consider a … of the feasible policies.In this context, we investigate the impact of lobbying on the optimalallocation of political … as the choicebetween two alternative legislative rules: open versus closed rule.We show that, in presence of lobbying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317444
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The impact of lobbying on the allocation of political authority
Falconieri, Sonia - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001606725