Using a model of repeated agency, we explain previously unexplained features of the real-world lobbying industry …. Lobbying is divided between direct representation by special interests to policymakers, and indirect representation where … analytical structure allows us to explain several trends in lobbying. For example, using the observation that in the U.S. over …

become about issues before interest groups engage in monetary lobbying. For a range of issues, the policymaker prefers to … remain clueless about the merits of reform, even when acquiring expertise or better information is costless. Such a strategy … leads to intense lobbying competition and larger political contributions. We identify a novel benefit of campaign finance …

This survey covers recent literature on lobbying, with particular focus on corporate lobbying. Three main research … aspects of lobbying arepresented in the context of a single unified model that encompasses both strategic communication and … monetary contributions. Next, thereview investigates into three particular issues in the lobbying literature: (i) Incentive to …