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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075615
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The Law and Labor Strife in the U.S., 1881-1894
Currie, Janet; Ferrie, Joseph P. - 1998
Economic models of disputes often assume that the rules of the game are well understood and that parties know the possible consequences of their actions. In this paper we show the apparently unintended consequences of state-level legal innovations governing labor disputes that took place in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014114004
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Citizens or lobbies : who controls policy?
Roberti, Paolo - 2016
This paper analyses a model of electoral competition with lobbying, where candidates hold private information about … increase the effect of lobbying. If, however, the cost of running for office is sufficiently large, there is no effect of … lobbying on policy. The model thus demonstrates that uncertainty on the influence of special interests can lead to large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011703380
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103631
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126192
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850512
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003985850
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010501442
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141085
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012955973