How Much do Interest (Organized) Groups Influence Politicians when Voting on a Salient Nationwide Topic?

• In Event: Patterns of Lobbying outside of the US

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, University of California-Los Angeles