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LOBBY ACTIVITIES AND THEIR EVOLUTION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION CONTEXT
Vasilcovschi, Nicoleta; Oanta, Stefan Ilie - In: CES Working Papers 6(2A) (2014) August, pp. 171-185
paper we explain how lobby activities help to analyse and design the decisions that affect the general interest. …Beginning with the 20th century, lobby activities started to be developed and today the influence of the lobbying is … of the concept of lobby at the international level and how this activity can influence European decision-makers. We …
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Air Pollution Affects Decision-Making: Evidence from the Ballot Box
Bellani, Luna; Ceolotto, Stefano; Elsner, Benjamin; … - 2021
Does poor air quality affect decision-making? We study this question based on elections, in which millions of people decide on the same issue on the same day in different locations. We use county-level data from 64 federal and state elections in Germany over a nineteen-year period and exploit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658297
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Air pollution affects decision-making: evidence from the ballot box
Bellani, Luna; Ceolotto, Stefano; Elsner, Benjamin; … - 2021
Does poor air quality affect decision-making? We study this question based on elections, in which millions of people decide on the same issue on the same day in different locations. We use county-level data from 64 federal and state elections in Germany over a nineteen-year period and exploit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012620918
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Propostas de regulamentação do lobby no Brasil: Uma análise comparada
Santos, Manoel Leonardo; Cunha, Lucas - 2015
Lobbying regulation initiatives have been developed, especially in liberal democracies, based on two main questions. The first refers to the most powerful interest groups' advantages in the political process in comparison to others who do not have the necessary resources to professionalize their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372206
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Profit Shifting and FDI Restrictions
Lebrand, Mathilde - 2016
Tariffs have almost completely disappeared but various restrictions on foreign entry remain for multinationals. Many trade agreements and Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) have been signed to lower tariffs and reduce the risks of expropriation. Why do we see so few agreements removing FDI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480468
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Policy Persistence and Rent Extraction
Friedrich, Silke - 2011
The existing literature has shown that special interest groups can have both growthenhancing and retarding effects on an economy. In either case it is always assumed thatthe nature of the special interest groups remains constant over time. The hypothesis ofthis paper is that a dynamic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312082
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Policy Persistence and Rent Extraction
Friedrich, Silke - 2013
The existing literature has shown that special interest groups can have both growth enhancing and retarding effects on an economy. In either case it is always assumed that the nature of the special interest groups remains constant over time. The hypothesis of this paper is that a dynamic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318795
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Propostas de regulamentação do lobby no Brasil : uma análise comparada
Santos, Manoel Leonardo; Cunha, Lucas - 2015
Lobbying regulation initiatives have been developed, especially in liberal democracies, based on two main questions. The first refers to the most powerful interest groups' advantages in the political process in comparison to others who do not have the necessary resources to professionalize their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528365
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Policy persistence and rent extraction
Friedrich, Silke - 2013
The existing literature has shown that special interest groups can have both growth enhancing and retarding effects on an economy. In either case it is always assumed that the nature of the special interest groups remains constant over time. The hypothesis of this paper is that a dynamic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009766682
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Profit shifting and FDI restrictions : job market paper
Lebrand, Mathilde - 2016
Tariffs have almost completely disappeared but various restrictions on foreign entry remain for multinationals. Many trade agreements and Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) have been signed to lower tariffs and reduce the risks of expropriation. Why do we see so few agreements removing FDI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011459180