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 …

In 2001-02, Argentina experienced a wrenching economic crisis. Plan Jefes, implemented in May 2002, was Argentina …

Returns to schooling in urban Argentina increased from 1992 to 2003, a period of economic reforms and macroeconomic …

Argentina hit headlines around the world in 2002 on account of the largest debt default in history and a sudden …

This study investigates the impact of recent crises in Argentina (including the severe downturn of 2001-2002) on health …

Conventional wisdom suggests that lobbying is the preferred mean for exerting political influence in rich countries and … 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, corruption and …

the total number of immigrants and H1B visas with data on lobbying expenditures associated with immigration. We find … larger lobbying expenditures and higher in sectors where labor unions are more important. …