and the interests of society as a whole in their decisions. However, the estimated weight of lobbying contributions in … supports restrictive agricultural trade policies will be difficult to dislodge in the absence of mobilizing strong counter-lobbying …

There exist legal channels for informational lobbying of U.S. policymakers by foreign principals. Foreign governments … issues. The authors empirically study whether such lobbying effectively achieves its goal of trade promotion in the context … of Caribbean tourism and it is the first paper to examine the potential for using foreign lobbying as a vehicle for …

There exist legal channels for informational lobbying of U.S. policymakers by foreign principals. Foreign governments … issues. This paper empirically studies whether such lobbying effectively achieves its goal of trade promotion in the context … of Caribbean tourism, and suggests the potential for using foreign lobbying as a vehicle for development. Panel data are …

There exist legal channels for informational lobbying of U.S. policymakers by foreign principals. Foreign governments … issues. The authors empirically study whether such lobbying effectively achieves its goal of trade promotion in the context … of Caribbean tourism and it is the first paper to examine the potential for using foreign lobbying as a vehicle for …

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 …

There exist legal channels for informational lobbying of U.S. policymakers by foreign principals. Foreign governments … issues. This paper empirically studies whether such lobbying effectively achieves its goal of trade promotion in the context … of Caribbean tourism, and suggests the potential for using foreign lobbying as a vehicle for development. Panel data are …