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Occupational Licensure : From Barbers to Accountants and Physicians, Influences on Professional Practice in the United States

Alvarez, Ph.D., Esq., Ariel - 2013

This paper examines mandatory occupational licensure in several professions from barbers, cosmetologists, radiologic technicians, CPAs, mid-level healthcare providers, and physicians. Mandatory licensure is cited as a mechanism for serving the public interest by assuring professionals possess...

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Vote buying in the US Congress

Matter, Ulrich; Roberti, Paolo; Slotwinski, Michaela - 2019

We assess the influence of moneyed interests on legislative decisions. Our theory predicts that the vote outcome distribution and donation flows in a legislature feature a discontinuity at the approval threshold of bills if special interest groups are involved in vote buying. Testing the...

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Vote buying in the US Congress

Matter, Ulrich; Roberti, Paolo; Slotwinski, Michaela - 2019

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Corporate Political Contributions and the Allocation of U.S. Federal Procurement

Eichholtz, Piet M. A. - 2017

This paper aims to determine the extent to which corporate political contributions and the allocation of government procurement contracts are related. We gather information regarding the contributions made by 911 S&P500 companies in 9 congressional election cycles between 1993 and 2010, and...

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Market Conduct and Endogenous Lobbying : Evidence from the U.S. Mobile Telecommunications Industry

Duso, Tomaso; Jung, Astrid - 2003

This paper empirically explores the relationship between firms' market behavior and their lobbying activities in a … structurally estimate market interactions while taking the potential endogeneity of lobbying decisions into account. Our results … higher. Furthermore, we reject the hypothesis that lobbying activities can be regarded as exogenous in the study of market …

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Can Lower Tax Rates Be Bought? Business Rent-Seeking and Tax Competition Among U.S. States

Chirinko, Robert S. - 2010

allowing for the possibility that policymakers also may be influenced by the rent-seeking (lobbying) behavior of businesses …

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Political Connections and Government-Awarded Economic Incentives : US State-level Evidence

Aobdia, Daniel - 2019

We examine the role of political connections in US state government-awarded corporate economic incentives, and whether a role (if present) is cause for constituent concern. We find that companies are more likely to receive an incentive award in a politically connected state and this association...

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Can lower tax rates be bought? : business rent-seeking and tax competition among US States

Chirinko, Robert S.; Wilson, Daniel J. - 2010

allowing for the possibility that policymakers also may be influenced by the rent-seeking (lobbying) behavior of businesses …

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Political activism and firm innovation

Ovtchinnikov, Alexei V.; Reza, Syed Walid; Wu, Yanhui - 2014

Political activism positively affects firm innovation. Firms that support more politicians, politicians on Congressional committees with jurisdictional authority over the firms' industries and politicians who join those committees innovate more. We employ instrumental variables estimation and a...

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Reforming legislatures : is one house better than two?

Facchini, Giovanni; Testa, Cecilia - 2009

in US states may indeed reduce corruption levels among elected representatives. -- bicameralism ; corruption ; lobbying …

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