clarify how stake asymmetry, lobbying-skill asymmetry and return to lobbying effort determine the relative desirability, from …

Regierungsideologie in Zeiten von Globalisierung und Austeritätsprogrammen noch eine Rolle in der Wirtschaftspolitik spielt. Basierend auf …

I show that lobbying generates negative externalities, which affect non-lobbying companies. When a piece of new … legislation passes in Congress, non-lobbying companies in aggregate lose $1.9bn in market value. I obtain this result using a … novel dataset combining comprehensive information on corporate lobbying activity with congressional activity on bills. To …

We show that public charities with corporate directors on their boards spend more on lobbying for connected firms …' industry interests. The effects of board connections are stronger when firms have greater lobbying expenditures themselves or …

I show that institutional investors can facilitate corporate lobbying. Firms with greater lobbying institutional … ownership lobby more. Using a novel dataset with lobbying information on specific congressional bills, I observe that …’ lobbying support. Bills lobbied by institutions are more likely to pass compared to bills only lobbied by firms. The passage of …