Lobbying
“Democracy Is Influenced by Lobbyists, That’s Why the People Also Need Someone to Lobby for Them”
“Individuals usually don’t have enough incentive to take action, even though it is clear they will be collectively better off by taking action.” In...
MBA Students Against Corporate America: “Stop Lobbying the White House on the Defense Production Act”
Since the virus outbreak, the US Chamber of Commerce has lobbied the federal government to limit the use of a piece of legislation that...
Can Google Mobilize Its Users to Lobby Elected Officials?
Google has an 87 percent market share in the search business and the potential to mobilize more voters than the Democratic primaries, according to...
How Do Members of Congress React to the Potential of Lucrative Private Sector Employment?
Many fear that the potential for well-paid post-elective jobs can make legislators give rewards to their future employers. A new study finds that career...
How to Lobby on E-Waste? A New Stigler Center Case Study on the Hewlett-Packard Dilemma
Brian K. Richter’s case study illustrates how firms can use lobbying strategies to complement socially responsible activities that are cost centers and turn them...
Study: Political Connections Lower Companies’ Tax Rates and Risk of Being Audited
How does the revolving door between Congress and corporate America affect the enforcement of tax policy? A new study examines how tax rates change...
The Political Footprint of Big Tech in Five Easy Charts
Big tech firms have been active in Washington since the early days of the Microsoft antitrust case, but in recent years they have increased...
Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (May 19–26)
Trump signs the largest rollback of financial regulations since the 2008 crisis into law; Zuckerberg masterfully evades the questions of European parliamentarians; Amazon has...
Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (April 14–April 28)
Why has Facebook’s scandal not dented its earnings? How much are states and local governments giving to corporations in economic-development incentives? And did CFPB...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (April 1–April 7)
This week in political economy.
Facebook acknowledged this week that the Cambridge Analytica data breach affected 87 million users (reportedly including 2.7 million Europeans)—37...
