In this paper we model the commercial lobbying industry (such as the so-called K-Street lobbyists of Washington, D ….C.). In contrast to classical special interest groups commercial lobbying firms are not directly motivated by policy outcomes … level of commercial lobbying services is typically socially inefficient, and characterize the nature of the distortions …

predictions of political-economy models of environmental policies as lobbying, income and, to a less extent, inequality have … expected effects on policy. The brown lobbying power, proxied by entry barriers in the energy sector, has negative influence on …

offering to fund political campaigning. We use the model to establish some general conditions for the effects of lobbying on … functional forms, we obtain a range of further results, including circumstances in which the omission of lobbying results in …

special interest groups. This paper examines the nature of the interaction between the lobbying activities of special interest … turn stimulates more intense lobbying which increases the scope of corrupt behavior. It is shown that electoral competition …

on the nexus between pre-election interest group lobbying and electoral competition. …

become about issues before interest groups engage in monetary lobbying. For a range of issues, the policymaker prefers to … leads to intense lobbying competition and larger political contributions. We identify a novel benefit of campaign finance …