In an era when special interests funnel huge amounts of money into our government-driven
by shifts in campaign-finance rules and brought to new levels by the Supreme Court in …

This article provides evidence on the impact of political incentives on the environment using
the case of China's pollution during 1993–2010. Exploring variation in governors' …

How is economic policy made? In this paper we study a key determinant of the answer to the
question: lobbying by firms. Estimating a binary choice model of firm behavior, we find …

We examine whether the stock market considers corporate lobbying to be value enhancing,
using an event that potentially limited the ability of firms to lobby but was exogenous to their …

Credit analysts often leave rating agencies to work at firms they rate. We use benchmark
rating agencies as counterfactuals to measure rating inflation in a difference-in-differences …

Built on interviews with over 100 lobbyists, Kenneth Godwin, Scott Ainsworth, and Erik
Godwin show that much of the research on organized interests overlooks the lobbying of …

This paper considers the role of marriage in improving labor market outcomes through the
expansion of an individual's networks. I focus on the impact of the relationship with the father …

Abstract In 2007, Congress passed the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act
(HLOGA) in an attempt to slow the revolving door between Congress and the Washington …

We find evidence suggesting that corporate lobbying for tax purposes over the period 1999–
2009 is one method by which firms managed corporate taxes. Furthermore, tax management …

In an era of economic uncertainty, how can we achieve a better future? How can we ensure
that today's young workers—and the generations after them—inherit a stronger economy …