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The power of weak interests in financial reforms : explaining the creation of a US Consumer Agency

Kastner, Lisa - 2016

, involving lobbying from business associations and civil society groups, in which proponents of the new bureau would normally …

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Network effects in the formation of the financial industry's regulatory preferences in the European Union

Chalmers, Adam William; Young, Kevin - In: Business and politics : B&P 22 (2020) 1, pp. 52-84

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The interest ecology of financial regulation : interest group plurality in the design of financial regulatory policies

Pagliari, Stefano; Young, Kevin - In: Socio-economic review 14 (2016) 2, pp. 309-337

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Bank holding company lobbying activity upon regulation and its impact upon non-traditional revenue

Byrne, Sean K. - In: The International trade journal 37 (2023) 1, pp. 70-90

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Vote buying II: legislatures and lobbying

Dekel, Eddie; Jackson, Matthew O.; Wolinsky, Asher - 2006

We examine the consequences of lobbying and vote buying, assuming this practice were allowed and free of stigma. Two …

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Repeated Lobbying by Commercial Lobbyists and Special Interests

Groll, Thomas; Ellis, Christopher J. - 2016

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 …

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Politics and Trade Policy: An Empirical Investigation

Eicher, Theo; Osang, Thomas - 2001

In this paper we examine the empirical relevance of three prominent endogenous protection models. Is protection for sale, or do altruistic policy makers worry about political support? We find strong evidence that protection is indeed for sale. The important new result is, however, that not only...

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The political economy of finance and regulatory capture: Evidence from the US Congress

Silano, Filippo - 2023

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

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Electoral control when policies are for sale

Farvaque, Étienne; Lagadec, Gael - 2009

This article analyses the dynamics of electoral promises, building on an electoral competition model with endogenous policies. It extends the Grossman-Helpman (1994) model [Grossman G., Helpman E. [1994], "Protection for sale", American Economic Review, 84, 4, 833-850] to include sanctions from...

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Politics, policies and the dynamics of aggregate productivity in Colombia

Eslava, Marcela; Meléndez Arjona, Marcela - 2009

This paper describes private actors' involvement in Colombia's policymaking process. While more transparent and formal channels are used to discuss horizontal policies, they are also less effective. The adoption of targeted policies, however, follows a faster track and depends more on political...

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