This paper argues that creditors reflect the financial-safety-net aspect of bank lobbying, plausibly considering the … connection between bank lobbying and government bailouts. Using a structural approach, I show that bank lobbying is negatively …

equilibrium setting, capital requirements and lobbying contributions are determined as the outcome of bargaining between banks and … politicians. We show that bankers and politicians agree on lobbying contributions and capital regulation that renders banks … capital regulation standards from international agreements eliminate lobbying incentives, yielding an efficient and fair …

We study a politician's choice for state or private control of banks. The choice trades of lobbying contributions …

In this chapter, our goal is to discuss whether and how bank lobbying in the United States leads to regulatory capture …. First, we provide an overview of the importance of and motivations behind bank lobbying. Second, we examine the impact of … lobbying on banking regulation and supervision by reviewing recent empirical evidence. Third, we discuss the effect of the …