Can multinational firms exert more power than national firms by influencing politics through lobbying? To answer this … question, we analyze the extent of national environmental regulation when policy is determined in a lobbying game between a … multinational; this changes for high transportation costs and intermediate damage parameters. When there is no lobbying, welfare …

This paper introduces an alternative to the lobbying literature's standard assumption that "money buys policies". Our …. Second, its 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 …

This paper develops a lobbying-by-firms model that draws on a more realistic characterization of the lobbying process …, modeling approach furnishes theoretical support for why one encounters different numbers of lobbying firms of varying sizes in …) casting out the role of money from the lobbying process. Theoretical legs are also furnished for the empirical finding of a …

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 …

Using a unique dataset, based on the 49th Swiss legislature, we assess lobbying effect on politicians' votes … to the end. Furthermore, using alternative techniques, we find that lobbying matters. More precisely, focusing on the …

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 …

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. -- Multinational enterprises ; regulation ; policy formation … ; lobbying ; interest groups ; foreign direct investment …

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 …