paper investigates a novel aspect of firm behavior in distress: how financial health affects a firm׳s lobbying and … the availability of the stimulus package in the first quarter of 2009. We find that firms with weaker financial health, as … measured by credit default swap spreads, lobbied more. We also show that the amount spent on lobbying was associated with a …

Congress roll call votes on financial liberalisation were biased by industry-led campaign contributions and lobbying activities …

In this paper, we discuss whether and how bank lobbying can lead to regulatory capture and have real consequences … through an overview of the motivations behind bank lobbying and of recent empirical evidence on the subject. Overall, the … interpreted as a call for an outright ban of lobbying, they point in the direction of a need for rethinking the framework …

these banks' lobbying expenditures …

Die Dissertation behandelt in vier Kapiteln Themen zu den Ursprüngen und Auswirkungen der globalen Finanzkrise 2007 …-8. Nach der Einleitung untersucht Kapitel 2, warum autoritäre Regime im Vergleich zu Demokratien vor und nach der Finanzkrise …

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