The impact of money on politics—whether through campaign finance, lobbying, or
independent expenditure—raises key normative questions about democratic representation …

We study the effects of property rights over the use of data on market outcomes. To do so, we
consider a model in which a monopolistic firm offers a service to a set of heterogeneous …

We analyze the strategic considerations inherent in legislative subsidies and develop an
informational lobbying model with costly policy reforms. In contrast to other models of …

Formal presidential authority does not always translate into real influence over policy
outcomes: The bureaucratic actors that are responsible for policy implementation have …

This article challenges the prevailing view that pure informational lobbying (in the absence
of political contributions and evidence distortion or withholding) leads to better informed …

How does fiscal austerity affect redistributive policies? We document that during austerity
episodes, countries tend to increase marginal income tax rates on top earners, but not on …

We consider the classic veto bargaining model but allow the agenda setter to engage in
persuasion to convince the veto player to approve her proposal. We show that the proposer …

Interest group influence in the policy process is often theorized to occur through a
mechanism of exchange, persuasion, or subsidy. Here, we explore how business groups …

We analyze a persuasion game in which a sender wants to persuade a receiver to take an
action. The sender first produces information about the benefits of taking the action and then …

How academics and researchers can influence education policy: putting research in a policy
context, finding unexpected allies, interacting with politicians, and more. Scholarly books …