upsurge of non-tariff trade measures and the remarkable rise in the role of European business lobbies. While these two facts … have been widely recognized by the international trade and the political economy literature, empirical investigation into … of national and international organizations in the European Commission consultations on trade issues and by merging it …

Lobbying can provide policy makers with important sector-specific information and thereby facilitating informed …

uncompetitive practices such as granting state aid to unprofitable firms. Several results stand out. Firstly, there is a trade …-off between spending resources on lobbying for subsidies and costly restructuring such that both restructuring and subsidisation …

Congress roll call votes on financial liberalisation were biased by industry-led campaign contributions and lobbying activities …

practices such as granting state aid to unprofitable firms.Several results stand out.Firstly, there is a trade-off between … spending resources on lobbying for subsidies and costly restructuring such that both restructuring and subsidisation take place …

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 …

We develop a model of legislative lobbying where policy proposals are endogenous. We show that a policy proposer with … Groseclose and Snyder (1996)-type lobbying models with exogenous policy proposals can turn into a second-mover disadvantage when …