power of landowner relationship networks and lobbying behaviour on successfully gaining value-enhancing rezoning. A State …

the constituent ethnic groups. Our theory highlights the role of the local elite in lobbying for policies which favour … coordination costs across ethnic groups are relevant in determining the equilibrium lobbying behaviour. This results in ethnic …

political power at the expenses of the median voter. In particular, investments in lobbying activities allow the rich to obtain … variable taxes and lobbying. In addition, it is established the existence of a transitional dynamics featuring convergence to a … balanced growth path, characterized by constant taxes and lobbying (and a constant growth rate of consumption and capital …

across sectors, attracting substantial lobbying efforts by special interest groups. Yet, the link between structural change … and lobbying remains underexplored. Using more than 150 years of data on parliamentary petitions in USA and Britain, we … measure historical lobbying and document several stylized facts. First, lobbying over industrial policies follows a hump …

Although the theoretical literature often uses lobbying and corruption synonymously, the empirical literature … associates lobbying with the preferred mean for exerting influence in developed countries and corruption with the preferred one … between bribing and lobbying. We test our predictions using survey data for about 6000 firms in 26 countries. Our results …

"Conventional wisdom suggests that lobbying is the preferred mean for exerting political influence in rich countries … provides a theoretical framework that focus on the relationship between lobbying and corruption (that is, it investigates under … what conditions they are complements or substitutes). The paper also offers novel econometric evidence on lobbying …

equilibrium predictions. -- Redistribution ; double auction ; elections ; lobbying …