I examine Ronald Coase's criticism of standard regulatory and tax policies to address environmental externalities. I … for the costs of political bargaining and lobbying that arise from implementing and administering government regulation …

investigates empirically the consequences of lobbying competition between upstream and downstream producers for trade policy. The … with lobbying competition. Importantly, accounting for lobbying competition also alters substantially estimates of the …

In popular discussion much has been made recently of the susceptibility of government policies to lobbying by … fact be harmful: If the policy outcome absent any lobbying by foreigners is characterized by welfare-reducing trade … barriers, lobbying by foreigners may result in reductions in such barriers and raise consumer surplus (and possibly improve …