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Lobbying Behind the Frontier
Bombardini, Matilde; Cutinelli-Rendina, Olimpia; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This chapter investigates the non-market response of firms to international trade shocks increasing the level of competition in U.S. industries. Lobbying expenditures increase as a consequence of import changes related to the China shock. The effect on lobbying is not homogeneous across firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616568
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Votes or Money? Theory and Evidence from the US Congress
Bombardini, Matilde - 2007
This paper investigates the relationship between the size of interest groups in terms of voter representation and the interest group's campaign contributions to politicians. We uncover a robust hump-shaped relationship between the voting share of an interest group and its contributions to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464972
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Gender Differences in Cooperative Environments? Evidence from the U.S. Congress
Gagliarducci, Stefano - 2016
This paper uses data on bill sponsorship and cosponsorship in the U.S. House of Representatives to estimate gender differences in cooperative behavior. We employ a number of econometric methodologies to address the potential selection of female representatives into electoral districts with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456189
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Interest Groups, Ideology, and Indirect Lobbying : The Rise of Private Health Insurance In the United States
Alsan, Marcella; Neberai, Yousra; Ye, Xingyou - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This study examines the rise of private health insurance in the United States in the post- World War II era. We investigate the role of the American Medical Association (AMA) which financed a campaign against National Health Insurance that was directed by the country's first political public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544762
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Designing Institutions to Deal with Terrorism in the United States
Feldstein, Martin S. - 2008
evolved in response to terrorism in Britain. The paper also discusses the reasons why there is strong cooperation among the CT …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464918
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Policy Watch : Challenges for Terrorism Risk Insurance in the United States
Kunreuther, Howard - 2004
This paper examines the role that insurance has played in dealing with terrorism before and after September 11, 2001 …, by focusing on the distinctive challenges associated with terrorism as a catastrophic risk. The Terrorism Risk Insurance … Act of 2002 (TRIA) was passed by the U.S. Congress in November 2002, establishing a national terrorism insurance program …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467819
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Corporate Demand for Insurance : New Evidence from the U.S. Terrorism and Property Markets
Michel-Kerjan, Erwann - 2013
Since the passage of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, corporate terrorism insurance is sold as a separate … and terrorism insurance. Using a unique dataset of insurance policies purchased by large U.S. firms, combined with … to obtain consistent estimates of premium elasticity of corporate demand for property and terrorism coverage. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459129
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Corporate Demand for Insurance : An Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Market for Catastrophe and Non-Catastrophe Risks
Michel-Kerjan, Erwann - 2011
empirical analysis of firm behavior that compares corporate demand for property and catastrophe insurance (here, terrorism). We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461255
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The International Transmission of Local Economic Shocks Through Migrant Networks
Caballero, Maria Ésther; Cadena, Brian C.; Kovak, Brian K. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Using newly validated data on geographic migration networks, we study how labor demand shocks in the United States propagate across the border with Mexico. We show that the large exogenous decline in US employment brought about by the Great Recession affected demographic and economic outcomes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510574
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Social Learning along International Migrant Networks
Tian, Yuan - 2020
We document the transmission of social distancing practices from the United States to Mexico along migrant networks during the early 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Using data on pre-existing migrant connections between Mexican and U.S. locations and mobile-phone tracking data revealing social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481227