Lobbyists frequently join forces to influence policy, yet the success of active lobbying
coalitions remains a blind spot in the literature. This article is the first to test how and when …

Many studies have identified a line of influence between interest group lobbying and the
federal bureaucracy's implementation of public policy. These works, however, have often …

The first mover advantage is a critical factor for the productivity of firms that enter new
markets. Surprisingly, however, the importance of timing is rarely explored in studies of …

Coalition action is a common lobbying strategy to exert influence over policy, but is rarely
addressed in studies of lobbying success. This article adds to resource exchange theory …

Collaboration between public administration organizations and various stakeholders is often
prescribed as a potential solution to the current complex problems of governance, such as …

The ability to mobilise public opinion is central to interest group politics. Yet, whether and
how groups succeed in swaying the public remains inconclusive. The article assesses this …

Text analysis, web scraping, and other computational techniques enable policy network
researchers to efficiently obtain objective measures of network connections. However, the …

This article examines lobbying firms as intermediaries between organized interests and
legislators in the United States. It states a partisan theory of legislative subsidy in which …

Much of the lobbying process is inherently competitive: when lobbyists with opposing goals
attempt to move outcomes in their preferred direction, successful lobbying by one actor will …

Shared belief systems are generally assumed to forge policy networks. Empirical evidence
whether and to what extend shared policy core beliefs create ally networks and under which …