Search Results - subject_exact:"Verbandspolitik"

Lobbying for regulations : when big business says yes

Macedoni, Luca; Weinberger, Ariel - 2026

Do firms uniformly oppose regulations that increase production costs, or might industry leaders strategically support stricter standards as a competitive tool? We identify a specific mechanism through which large firms strategically support regulations to enhance their competitive position....

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Monetary policy committees, independence, and influence

Colla de Robertis, Esteban - 2026

We develop a model of monetary policy committee decision-making, building on the framework of games played through agents (GPTA). Interest groups seek to influence policy by offering action-contingent contracts to committee members. The resulting equilibrium admits a simple characterization and...

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Party pressure and representation

Kendall, Chad - 2026

I study how political parties affect representation in the U.S. House. To do so, I account for party pressure on the votes of members in an otherwise standard spatial model that uses roll call voting patterns to identify member ideologies. I simultaneously estimate voter ideologies from survey...

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Managing corruption during regime change

Röell, Christiaan; Arndt, Felix; Ng, Wilson; Rajwani, … - 2026

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Let's (not) escalate this! : leadership and communication in a group contest

Heine, Florian; Riedl, Arno - 2026

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Let's (not) escalate this! : leadership and communication in a group contest

Heine, Florian; Riedl, Arno - 2025

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Let's (not) escalate this! : leadership and communication in a group contest

Heine, Florian; Riedl, Arno - 2025

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How globalization unravels : a Ricardian model of endogenous trade policy

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Mineyama, Tomohide; … - 2026

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How Globalization Unravels : A Ricardian Model of Endogenous Trade Policy

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Mineyama, Tomohide; … - 2026

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A demand-side driven explanation of niche lobbying : a theory and some application to climate-biodiversity policy

Lefebvre, Perrin; Martimort, David - 2026

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Contesting an international environmental agreement

Cole, Matthew T.; Lake, James; Zissimos, Benjamin - 2026

International environmental agreements (IEAs) often condition entry into force on ratification by a minimum number of countries, yet deep environmental commitments frequently face strong domestic political resistance. We study how IEA breadth, through minimum ratification thresholds (MRTs), and...

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What drives international cooperation? : evidence from WTO negotiations

Tarlea, Silvana; Weiler, Florian - 2026

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The economic returns of firms' political connections

Melo, Lucas Braga de; Pinho Neto, Valdemar Rodrigues de - 2026

This paper analyzes the economic returns to political connections in Brazilian local elections, focusing not only on traditional campaign donations but also on two novel channels: firms that provide goods or services to candidates during campaigns and firms' owners affiliated with parties within...

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Regulating lobbying activities to protect competition : New evidence from the OECD PMR indicators

Vitale, Cristiana - 2026

Competitive product markets are crucial for growth. This requires a regulatory environment that effectively manages interactions between policymakers and stakeholders, particularly lobbyists, to ensure special interests do not unduly influence the design of new policies and regulations. Yet, the...

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Lobbying and rotating leadership

Van Gruisen, Philippe - 2026

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Unobserved contributions and political influence : evidence from the death of top donors

Battaglini, Marco; Sciabolazza, Valerio Leone; Lin, Mengwei - 2026

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Unobserved contributions and political influence : evidence from the death of top donors

Battaglini, Marco; Sciabolazza, Valerio Leone; Lin, Mengwei - 2024

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Does social identity matter in political markets? : the influence of managerial tribal identity in corporate political strategy formulation

Liedong, Tahiru Azaaviele - 2026

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The consolidation of the Danish corporate elite : corporate elite factions in a small open economy

Grosen, Majsa Stina - 2026 - First edition

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The civil war reduced slave owners' economic power but increased their political influence

Bellani, Luna; Hager, Anselm; Maurer, Stephan - 2026

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The Civil War reduced slave owners' economic power but increased their political influence

Bellani, Luna; Hager, Anselm; Maurer, Stephan - 2026

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The civil war reduced slave owners' economic power but increased their political influence

Bellani, Luna; Hager, Anselm; Maurer, Stephan - 2026 - This version: May 2026

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Shifting battlegrounds : corporate political activity in the EU general data protection regulation

Ocelík, Václav; Kolk, Ans; Irion, Kristina - 2026

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Decontesting corporate responsibility for collaboration : a case study of a cross-sector coalition lobbying for human rights regulation

Penttilä, Visa; Hond, Frank den; Fougère, Martin; … - 2026

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Private interest in the public good : cholera and the origins of sanitary reform

Gallardo-Albarrán, Daniel; Kappner, Kalle - 2026 - This version: May 19, 2026

European countries paved the way for modern economic growth in the 19th century with large-scale reforms facilitating human capital accumulation. The literature has looked at the role of elites in broad education investments, but less attention has been devoted to reforms promoting workers'...

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The political economy of industrialization

Shchukin, Vladimir - 2026

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Politicians doing business : evidence from Mozambique

Jones, Sam; Schilling, Felix; Tarp, Finn - 2026

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Politicians doing business : evidence from Mozambique

Jones, Sam; Schilling, Felix; Tarp, Finn - 2025

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Is insider trading politically informative?

Li, Zhenjun; Su, Zulong; Wei, Lijun - 2026

This study examines whether insider trading is politically informative and presents some evidence to hedge against firm-level political risk. Using quarterly data on U.S. listed firms from 2002 to 2021, we find that managers increase opportunistic insider sales prior to rises in firm-level...

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On the free allocation of emission rights under endogenous lobby formation

Lappi, Pauli - 2026

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Business executives’ service on UK government boards and firm performance does "insiderness" matter?

Andrews, Rhys; Fahey, Kevin - 2026

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How America’s governance went from great to bad : an essay on the erosion of the governance genius that created America

Nathanial, Peter; Van der Heyden, Ludo - 2026

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The case for lobbying transparency

Zerbini, Antoine - 2026

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The case for lobbying transparency

Zerbini, Antoine - 2026 - Version January 2026

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The political economy of mandatory disclosure : a literature review

Liang, Hao; Zhang, Hanyu - 2026

Reviewing the literature on mandatory corporate disclosure from a political economy perspective, we synthesize the classic justifications for disclosure regulations while emphasizing why voluntary disclosure often fails to achieve socially efficient transparency. We also highlight how legal...

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Criminal capture and the reallocation of political participation

Pulejo, Massimo - 2026

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Does access mean success? : political connections and influence

Logeart, Rosanne - 2026

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Political capture and bureaucratic behavior : evidence from mafia-infiltrated municipalities

Carreri, Maria; Cipullo, Davide; Le Moglie, Marco; … - 2026

Local governments promise democratic responsiveness but are also vulnerable to political capture by illicit actors. While existing research documents the political and economic consequences of capture, less is known about how bureaucrats respond when political leadership is captured - whether...

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Political capture and bureaucratic behavior : evidence from mafia-infiltrated municipalities

Carreri, Maria; Cipullo, Davide; Le Moglie, Marco; … - 2026

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Collective irresponsibility : corporate reputations and the role of associations in lobbying

Toenshoff, Christina L. - 2026

Why do companies sometimes lobby legislators directly and sometimes act predominantly through business associations? Although economic factors, such as size and profitability, are well-known determinants of companies' decision to lobby, they alone cannot explain the choice in lobbying...

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Mergers and the demand for protectionism

Montag, Felix - 2026 - This version: June 25, 2026

Current enforcement practice does not consider how mergers alter the merging parties' incentives to petition for trade protection. I document mergers between domestic producers across jurisdictions that are followed by tariff petitions. I develop a model to characterize the trade-policy channel...

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Lobbying : influence under micro-targeting

Joshi, Priyanka - 2026

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Campaign contributions and policy divergence

Wong, Tsz-Ning; Marinov, Nikolay - 2026

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Trade lobbying works (for big firms) : evidence from the China trade war

Eldes, Ayse; Lee, Jieun; Osgood, Iain - 2026

Is trade lobbying effective and does its effectiveness vary across firms? Using requests for relief from China trade war tariffs, we demonstrate that lobbying for specific trade policies contributed to securing those exact policies, an elusive target in the long-running trade lobbying...

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Assessing the impact of climate policy uncertainty on lobbying : an empirical analysis of European countries

Errichiello, Grazia; Barra, Cristian; Giganti, Patrizio; … - 2026

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Political pressure on the Fed and the presidential approval ratings of the United States

Gupta, Rangan; Pierdzioch, Christian - 2026

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The effect of corporate social responsibility on tax avoidance : the moderating role of political connections

Abu-Nassar, Mohammad; Al-Younes, Rima Hesham; Zaidan, Hala - 2026

This study investigates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and tax avoidance (TA) and examines whether political connections (PC) moderate this relationship among manufacturing firms in Jordan.Using a quantitative approach, the study analyzes panel data from 33...

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Personal financial incentives, corporate governance, and firms' campaign contributions

Fedaseyeu, Viktar; L'vovskij, Lev - 2025

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Public displays of alignment : firm speech in autocratic regimes

Mueller, Joris M.; Wen, Jaya; Wu, Cheryl - 2025

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When developers hold office : shaping housing supply through local politics

Ouasbaa, Ghizlen; Solé-Ollé, Albert; Viladecans … - 2025 - Version April 2025

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When developers hold office : shaping housing supply through local politics

Ouasbaa, Ghizlen; Solé-Ollé, Albert; Viladecans … - 2025

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Does lobbying discourage individuals from fighting climate change?

Epperson, Raphael - 2025

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Political Engagement, Collective Action, and Influence of Private Firms in the European Union

Francis, David C. - 2025

This Brief studies patterns of political engagement among private firms in the European Union (EU). Using representative data, allowing for analysis at the level of NUTS2 regional groupings (EU regions varying from about 800,000 to 3 million inhabitants), various patterns of engagement emerge....

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Environmentally-responsible households : irresponsible corporate lobbying

Cutinelli-Rendina, Olimpia; Dobkowitz, Sonja; … - 2025

How do firms respond to greener household preferences? We construct a novel index of environmental willingness to act on the state-quarter level based on Google Trends search data. Relating the index to firm-level information on the U.S. auto- motive sector from 2006 to 2019, we find ambiguous...

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Environmentally-responsible households : irresponsible corporate lobbying

Cutinelli-Rendina, Olimpia; Dobkowitz, Sonja; … - 2025 - Updated Version

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Do politicians affect firm outcomes? : evidence from connections to the German Federal Parliament

Diegmann, André; Pohlan, Laura; Weber, Andrea - 2025 - This version: February 7, 2025

We study how connections to German federal parliamentarians affect firm dynamics by constructing a novel dataset linking politicians and election candidates to the universe of firms. To identify the causal effect of access to political power, we exploit (i) new appointments to the company...

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