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

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

demonstrating that environmentalists can be favourable to a decrease in the local environmental policy. The impact of lobbying …

This paper analyses a model of electoral competition with lobbying, where candidates hold private information about … increase the effect of lobbying. If, however, the cost of running for office is sufficiently large, there is no effect of … lobbying on policy. The model thus demonstrates that uncertainty on the influence of special interests can lead to large …

probability before the election (Maskin and Tirole's "feedback" case). In the three-period case, with two elections, the dynamic … political agency setting. In the baseline two-period case where only the politician's actions are observable before the election … evolution of confirmation bias can lead to more pandering before the first election. Finally, we show that when confirmation …

is a commonly held belief that politicians use this spending to improve their chances of re-election. One way that an … incumbent can increase their chances of re-election is through increased fundraising. Political entrepreneurs see this …