policy in a lobbying model taking into account the con.ict of interest between entrepreneurs and incumbents. It is shown that … use of the Doing Business database, we find, consistent with our theory, evidence that international openness reduces …

that centralized regulation is preferable. Under asymmetric information about the firms' costs, lobbying induces a unique … between the goods is high enough, the firms' lobbying activity may be so strong that decentralizing the regulatory structure …

creating markets for biodiversity. In the paper we conclude that the success of a policy instrument for creating markets for … biodiversity depends on the nature crucial factors, including the ability of the policy instrument to deal with (a) the public good … nature of most of the nonmarket biodiversity benefits; (b) the asymmetric informational characteristics related to the …

Given that both the costs and the benefits of biodiversity-enhancing land-use measures are subject to spatial variation … with uniform payments for biodiversity-enhancing land-use measures to be assessed. A simple ecologicaleconomic model is …

This paper addresses the question why a lot of firms demand stricter environmental regulation. With non …-identical producers within the same industry, lobbying for tighter environmental rules turns out to be an important strategy of raising … rivals' costs. Furthermore, the paper explains when the potential target firms of stricter regulation in such an intra …

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 …

). We show that standard theory in the economics of regulation must be reconsidered in a world with MNEs and novel results … ownership patterns as a substitute for co-operation in regulation between countries. …

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. …

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 …

The concept of differentiated land use was formulated already 50 years ago to preserve biodiversity and to maintain or …