Timing the Influence of Lobbying in the American State Legislatures

• In Event: Legislatures and Lawmaking in the States

Brief Overview

We pair legislative bill histories with lobbying registration data from Colorado and Wisconsin to investigate whether and when lobbying affects the legislative process, with an eye toward structural factors that may amplify lobbying’s effects.

Authors

• Alex Garlick, University of Vermont

• Abigail A. Matthews, University at Buffalo

• Shawna K. Metzger, University at Buffalo - SUNY