Print store flyers, featuring a retailer's assortment and promotions, are still widely used. Yet increasing digital engagement and sustainability targets have many retailers rethinking whether they should actively distribute these flyers door-to-door. At the same time, retailers are worried...

The ability of private interests to influence the political process is an important topic in economics and political science. While some of these efforts appear as campaign finance and lobbying expenditures in the official record, private interests may also engage in "covert" influence through...