Search Results - subject:"INTEREST GROUPS"

The Interest Group Origins of the Bank of France

Rouanet, Louis - 2020

This paper contrasts different interpretations of the creation of the Bank of France. I argue that the Bank of France was the product of rent-seeking behavior rather than the pursuit of public interest, as is commonly supposed. I explain how the changing institutional constraints faced by both...

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Special interest groups versus voters and the political economics of attention

Balles, Patrick; Matter, Ulrich; Stutzer, Alois - 2020

We examine whether representatives are more likely to serve long-term campaign donors instead of constituents during times of low media attention to politics. Based on 425 roll calls between 2005 and 2014 in the US House of Representatives, we show that representatives are more likely to vote...

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Antiquity and capitalism : the finance-growth perspective

Dombi, Akos; Grigoriadis, Theocharis; Zhu, Junbing - 2020

deeply entrenched interest groups may prevail in societies with ancient roots. The paper offers an in-depth analysis of one …

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Trade in trash : a political economy approach

Cassing, James Howard; Long, Ngo Van - 2020

-core environmentalists and capitalists are organized interest groups while moderate environmentalists are not organized, we find that the …

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Strategic compromise, policy bundling and interest group power

Bellani, Luna; Fabella, Vigile Marie; Scervini, Francesco - 2020

Policy reforms are often multifaceted. In the rent-seeking literature policies are usually taken as one-dimensional. This paper models policy formation using a political contest with endogenous policy proposals containing two dimensions. The two dimensions provide an opportunity to trade off one...

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Empirical models of lobbying

Bombardini, Matilde; Trebbi, Francesco - In: Annual review of economics 12 (2020), pp. 391-413

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Who is the ultimate boss of legislators : voters, special interest groups or parties?

Stadelmann, David; Torrens, Gustavo - 2020

their constituents, special interest groups and party when deciding on legislative proposals. Preferences of constituents …, special interest groups and parties are directly observed in our setting and they are positively correlated among each other … highest weight of all principals and special interest groups lie in between. A politician's personal ideology plays no …

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Public Policy and Participation in Political Interest Groups : An Analysis of Minimum Wages, Labor Unions, and Effective Advocacy

Clemens, Jeffrey - 2020

Why do individuals join interest groups? Through what channels do interest groups and public policy affect one another …

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Big data and democracy

Gils, Freek van; Müller, Wieland; Prüfer, Jens - 2020

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Group Size and Collective Action in a Binary Contribution Game

Nöldeke, Georg - 2020

We consider how group size affects the private provision of a public good with non-refundable binary contributions. A fixed amount of the good is provided if and only if the number of contributors reaches an exogenous threshold. The threshold, the group size, and the identical, non-refundable...

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