Deregulation, Interest Group Pressure, and Partisan Defection: Evidence from the Trump-Era Dodd-Frank Rollback.

• In Event: Interest Group Strategy, Lobbying, and Party Politics

Brief Overview

Dodd-Frank regulations were rolled back in 2018, and 50 Democratic defectors voted in favor. Why? This paper suggest ideology, instrumental and structural power combined to influence defectors, exploiting banks' size and geographic variation.

Author

• Daniel T Roberts, Harvard University