This review identifies empirical facts about lobbying that are generally agreed upon in the
literature. It then discusses challenges to empirical research in lobbying and provides …

Political scientists are often called upon to estimate models in which the standard
assumption that the data are conditionally independent can be called into question. I review …

Scholars of the US House disagree over the importance of political parties in organizing the
legislative process. On the one hand, non-partisan theories stress how congressional …

Professional lobbyists are among the most experienced, knowledgeable, and strategic
actors one can find in the everyday practice of politics. Nonetheless, their behavioral …

Considered the gold standard on interest group politics, this widely-used text analyzes
interest groups within the intuitive framework of democratic theory, enabling readers to …

advancement of the regulatory state. They were fighting a proposed consumer protection
agency, trying to stop labor-law reform, and responding to a general sense that the values of …

Lobbying dominates corporate political spending, but comprehensive studies of the benefits
accrued are scarce. Using a dataset of all US firms with publicly available financial …

It has been a little more than ten years now since global governance assumed a prominent
spot on the international agenda, spurred by the euphoria at the end of the Cold War and …

In recent decades Washington has seen an alarming rise in the number of" revolving door
lobbyists"—politicians and officials cashing in on their government experience to become …

This book presents the first large-scale study of lobbying strategies and outcomes in the
United States and the European Union, two of the most powerful political systems in the …