for the costs of political bargaining and lobbying that arise from implementing and administering government regulation …

for the costs of political bargaining and lobbying that arise from implementing and administering government regulation …

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 … in order to change the issues that the policymaker learns about and prioritizes. We show how informational lobbying can …