This paper deals with double lobbying: several bureaucrats participate in joint lobbying to get a high total … antagonistic lobbying constitutes a contest among the bureaucrats. This paper characterizes the Nash equilibria in lobbying and … departmental budget, but they also engage in antagonistic lobbying to reap as high a share of the total budget as possible. The …

intra-bureaucracy information is more transparent. In other words, transparency may do more harm than good. We conduct a … case study of the Chinese bureaucracy and provide supportive evidence …

central authority and bureaucrats in a two-stage game, where the actions of agents affect private sector allocations … equilibria. In addition, strategic complementarities between bureaucrats may give rise to multiple equilibria …

become about issues before interest groups engage in monetary lobbying. For a range of issues, the policymaker prefers to … leads to intense lobbying competition and larger political contributions. We identify a novel benefit of campaign finance …