endogenous probability of policy diffusion by combining our model with a strategic lobbying approach. As a result, the … rate the domestic government has to account for the foreign firm’s lobbying activities otherwise it will choose a tax rate …

climate change commitments in India. Within the analytical framework of environmental federalism, we tested the evidence for …

This paper examines the effect of firms' lobbying activities on US federal grants. For an average firm in terms of … grant amount and lobbying expenditures, my model indicates that one additional dollar in lobbying to the granting agency … yields to a minimum increase in the federal grant of 3.54 dollars. In addition, firms lobbying the granting agency during the …