fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for … redistribution, inequality between groups have the opposite effect. All these results hold even if a poor group is in majority. Using … increases and between group inequality decreases redistribution. …

' sources of influence (e.g., lobbying expenditures, proximity to the relevant legislative committee, prior affiliation with … sources of influence in actual regulatory treatment: Lobbying activities are more effective with increasing lobbying …

' sources of influence (e.g., lobbying expenditures, proximity to the relevant legislative committee, prior affiliation with … sources of influence in actual regulatory treatment: Lobbying activities are more effective with increasing lobbying …

. Political uncertainty has a positive effect on environmental policy as it reduces lobbying efforts. Applying our model to a …

This paper empirically investigates market behavior and firms' lobbying in a unified structural setup. In a sequential … game, where firms lobby for regulation before they compete in the product market, we derive a testable measure of lobbying … coordination. Applying the setting to the early U.S. cellular services industry, we find that lobbying expenditures, as measured by …

security systems are smaller. We relate the stylized fact to an "efficiency-redistribution" trade-off to be resolved by …

. The standard theory assumes that more unequal income distribution will create a majority for more redistribution (Meltzer …

voters, earnings-related systems are more attractive both because of less intragenerational redistribution and lower …