Agca, Senay; Igan, Deniz; Li, Fuhong; Mishra, Prachi - 2019
this event, firms with little or no prior exposure to the federal accounts that experienced cuts reduced their lobbying … spending. In contrast, firms with a high degree of exposure to the cuts maintained and even increased their lobbying spending … likely intensified their lobbying efforts to distinguish themselves from the others and improve their chances of procuring a …
