We model which special interest groups lobby which policymakers directly, and which employ for-profit intermediaries …

This study presents a model in which interest groups compete for partially exclusive rents and the number of winners is …

The last century witnessed a staggering rise in the number of interest groups active in American politics. While this …

analysis, we simultaneously study two lobbying levers that interest groups can deploy via sending comment letters: taking a … levers differ in their complexity and thereby the degree of asymmetric information between interest groups and the OECD. Our …

the political challenges and constraints that business interest groups face. This paper analyses how business interest … business interest groups can respond to political challenges in two ways: by seeking confrontation or by pursuing adaptation … groups respond to political initiatives that challenge their interests, using four episodes of political conflict in Germany …

This Essay examines and explains the positions of the principal interest groups over the past four decades with respect …