We assess the influence of moneyed interests on legislative decisions. Our theory predicts that the vote outcome …

We present a citizen-candidate model on a multidimensional policy space with lobbying, where citizens regard some … offset the effect of lobbying on the implemented policy. This result is in sharp contrast with previous work on … unidimensional citizen-candidate models that predict the irrelevance of lobbying on the implemented policy. In an extension of the …

the constituent ethnic groups. Our theory highlights the role of the local elite in lobbying for policies which favour … coordination costs across ethnic groups are relevant in determining the equilibrium lobbying behaviour. This results in ethnic … non-developmental items, all of which is consistent with our theory. …

across sectors, attracting substantial lobbying efforts by special interest groups. Yet, the link between structural change … and lobbying remains underexplored. Using more than 150 years of data on parliamentary petitions in USA and Britain, we … measure historical lobbying and document several stylized facts. First, lobbying over industrial policies follows a hump …