This study investigates whether US senators are more likely to vote in favor of
environmentally friendly legislation following damages caused by climate-related natural …

Throughout the European Union (EU), high concentrations of nitrates and pesticides are
among the major polluting components of drinking water and have potential long-term …

The literature on special interest groups emphasizes two main influence channels:
campaign contributions and informational lobbying. We introduce a third channel: providing …

Lobbies have always been major players in the political game. Their actions range from
influencing consumer beliefs to applying pressure on policymakers. This study attempts to …

This study compares the performance of two types of environmental policy instruments
(command and control and taxes on emissions) when (1) the regulator's policy choice is …

We study a 2-player stochastic differential game of lobbying. Players invest in lobbying
activities to alter the legislation in her own benefit. The payoffs are quadratic and uncertainty …

This paper investigates whether United States senators are more likely to vote in favour of
environmentally friendly legislation following damages caused by climate related natural …

This paper investigates whether United States senators are more likely to vote in favour of
environmentally friendly legislation following damages caused by climate related natural …

Objectives: Elections are one of arenas where people express their opinions and desires
and indirectly intervene in the public policy-making process. During the elections …

We provide a microfoundation for the existence of political business cycles generalizing and
extending the classic Nordhaus model. Using a differential games approach, we model the …