This paper is the first attempt to explore the impact of interest groups and transboundary pollution on the welfare … this paper are as follows. First, without interest groups, regardless of the degree of transboundary pollution, the … emission standards are welfare superior to pollution taxes. Second, with interest groups, when the lobbying efficiency is small …

litigate administrative rulemaking in the courts affects the lobbying strategies of competing interest groups at the rulemaking … quo, interest group lobbying investments become smaller, and may be eliminated all together, 2) as interest groups become …