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On the dynamics of interest group formation and endogenous policymaking

Sadiraj, Vjollca; Tuinstra, Jan; Winden, Frans A. A. M. van - 2000

We present a dynamic model of the interaction between interest groupsand policymakers, featuringendogenous interest group formation. We show that complicated dynamicpatterns in economicpolicies may arise once interest group formation is taken intoaccount.

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On the size of the winning set in the presence of interest groups

Sadiraj, Vjollca; Tuinstra, Jan; Winden, Frans A. A. M. van - 2005

Interest groups are introduced in a spatial model of electoral competition between two political parties. We show that the presence of these interest groups increases the winning set, which is the set of policy platforms for the challenger that will defeat the incumbent. Therefore interest...

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Mass media and special interest groups

Petrova, Maria - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 84 (2012) 1, pp. 17-38

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When the squeakiest wheel gets the most oil : exploiting one's nuisance power

Laussel, Didier; Van Ypersele, Tanguy - In: European economic review : EER 56 (2012) 8, pp. 1593-1606

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The choice of environmental regulatory enforcement by lobby groups

Ovaere, Lotte; Proost, Stef; Rousseau, Sandra - In: Journal of environmental economics and policy 2 (2013) 3, pp. 328-347

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Lobbying : buying and utilizing access

Mayer, Wolfgang; Mujumdar, Sudesh - 2014

This paper develops a lobbying-by-firms model that draws on a more realistic characterization of the lobbying process …, modeling approach furnishes theoretical support for why one encounters different numbers of lobbying firms of varying sizes in …) casting out the role of money from the lobbying process. Theoretical legs are also furnished for the empirical finding of a …

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