How Lobbying Affects Representation: Results for Majority-Elected Politicians
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- Stadelmann David & Portmann Marco & Eichenberger Reiner, 2016. "How Lobbying Affects Representation: Results for Majority-Elected Politicians," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 16(4), pages 1-7, October.
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Keywords
Interest groups; representation; referenda; MP defection; electoral systems;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
- H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2015-10-04 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2015-10-04 (Positive Political Economics)
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