The paper deals with the issue of lobbying, defined as a democratic means of promoting interests. The text tries to … find answers to the problems in the current economic theory. The basic links are defined by using a simple graphic model … or should regulate. These situations are described by three hypothetical scenarios - a society without lobbying, a …

We challenge the prevailing view that pure informational lobbying (in the absence of political contributions and … evidence distortion or withholding) leads to better informed policymaking. In the absence of lobbying, the policymaker may … channels through which informational lobbying is detrimental, in the sense of leading to worse policy and possibly less …