regulation when policy is determined in a lobbying game between a government and firm. We compare the resulting regulation levels … lobbying, but that lobbying can reverse the welfare ordering. …

We analyze the determinants of environmental policy when two firms engage in two types of lobbying against a … restriction on allowed pollution: General lobbying increases the total amount of allowed pollution, which is beneficial for both … firms. Private lobbying increases the individual pollution standard of the lobbying firm, but has a negative or zero effect …

This paper introduces an alternative to the lobbying literature's standard assumption that money buys policies. Our … much stronger lobbying incentives weaken the free-rider problem and raise incentives for lobby formation. Third, the model … yields testable hypotheses on: the determinants of lobbying incentives; the number of lobbying firms in an industry; and the …

This paper investigates if multinationals in.uence the political process through lobbying more effectively than … national firms. First, I introduce a model which contrasts a multinational's incentives for lobbying with those of a national … firm. Then the effect of lobbying on the political decision is analyzed. I conclude that multinationals have smaller …

This paper surveys recent approaches towards lobbying if interest groups influence the decision of an incumbent … transmission of information through lobbying. Recent extensions to the two basic lobbying models are discussed in great detail … into a general lobbying model. The survey concludes with a summary of the main insights and indicates promising directions …

The compromise enhancing effect of lobbying on public policy has been established in two typical settings. In the first … demonstrate that in the latter setting, the compromising effect of lobbying need not exist. Our reduced-form, two-stage public …) desires to suckle thereby threatening the public well being more than the lobbying interest groups. The main result specifies …

control, water supply and fisheries management. Opening with a brief summary of the theory behind these programs and both the … economic and environmental consequences anticipated by this theory, it proceeds with a description of the common elements these … consequences of adopting these approaches is juxtaposed with the expectations created by the economic theory of tradable permits …

Groups not only as a long run phenomenon but also in a short-run perspective, integrating it into the theory of political …-groups theory and the endeavors of governments to win the majority of votes in elections could look like, before we perform a time …

Mancur Olson's theory of the decline of nations is path-breaking in political economics. It has been tested cross …