Who Becomes a Lobbyist? Comparative Evidence from the U.S. and Germany

• In Event: More Money, More Lobbyists

Brief Overview

We study self-selection into becoming a lobbyist in Germany and the US. We merge the names of more than 30,000 lobbyists from federal lobbying registers with their LinkedIn profiles.

Authors

• Cornelius Erfort, Witten/Herdecke University

• Jan Stuckatz, Copenhagen Business School

• Felix Hartmann, Humboldt University of Berlin

• Heike Klüver, Humboldt University of Berlin