social sciences has widely discussed lobbying dynamics in the private sector. However, governments lobby governments, too. In … the United States, lobbying is a popular strategy for state and local governments to obtain resources from and influence … this phenomenon. This Element provides a comprehensive study of intergovernmental lobbying activities in the United States …

across sectors, attracting substantial lobbying efforts by special interest groups. Yet, the link between structural change … and lobbying remains underexplored. Using more than 150 years of data on parliamentary petitions in USA and Britain, we … measure historical lobbying and document several stylized facts. First, lobbying over industrial policies follows a hump …