How much interest (organized) groups influence politicians when voting on a salient national-wide topic?

• In Event: Who are the Lobbyists and When Do they Matter?

Brief Overview

Interest groups are important players in the making of public policy. Using a field experiment during the voting on the Pension Reform in Brazil I show how business interest groups influence politicians when they show a large level of cohesion.

Author

• Fernando Barros de Mello, UCLA