given party ideological predispositions and power distribution determine the expected policy outcome. Our analysis applies … weighted by power. Our second result clarifies how the success of an interest group hinges on the dominance of its ideology in … what condition an interest group prefers to direct its lobbying efforts to two parties or the two coalition and opposition …

We evaluate the empirical relevance of de facto vs. de jure determinants of political power in the U.S. South between … majority represents a threat to the de facto power of white elites. Moreover, the effect of race becomes stronger after 1890 …

the literature on executive pay: the manager power hypothesis and the efficient pay hypothesis. We find support for the … manager power hypothesis for Germany as executives tend to be rewarded when the sector is doing well rather than the firm they …

vote independently of each other. Thus, we receive as an empirical result what the previous voting power literature assumed …

this study is its illustration of how the use of fiscal policy affects the local political power of legislators in Brazil …

five in the unification of three fundamental sociobehavioral forces - justice, status, and power - and the subsequent …

political power can lead to multiple equilibria in the determination of public education spending. The main predictions of the …

of the lobbying investment depends on whether or not the candidates are willing to respond and able to collude on low …-tax policies that do not harm their relative chances in the elections. In the experiment, we find that lobbying is never successful …% of societies with finitely-repeated encounters. However, lobbying investments are not always profitable, and profit …

outcomes and in politics through lobbying, campaign contributions, and voter mobilization, this work adds a new perspective on …