In this paper we investigate the role of judicial control of lobbying activities in an endogenous policy framework …, focusing on two dimensions of quality of the judiciary, namely efficiency and integrity. We present a multi-layer lobbying … different institutional arrangements as to judicial independence. -- Illegal lobbying ; Endogenous policy making ; Judicial …

power of landowner relationship networks and lobbying behaviour on successfully gaining value-enhancing rezoning. A State …

largely determined by lobbying, we find strong effects of electoral incentives. …

We study lobbying in a setting in which decision-makers share resources in a network. Two opposing interest groups …-makers' ideologies as well as the network structure. We characterize the lobbying strategies in various network settings and show that a … findings are consistent with empirically established lobbying activities. …

We analyze the determinants of environmental policy when two firms engage in two types of lobbying against a … restriction on allowed pollution: General lobbying increases the total amount of allowed pollution, which is beneficial for both … firms. Private lobbying increases the individual pollution standard of the lobbying firm, but has a negative or zero effect …