When Do Bureaucrats Listen to Firms? Bureaucratic Turnover and Firm Lobbying in Tariff Exclusions

• In Event: Firm-Government Relations: Who Leads the Way?

Brief Overview

When are bureaucrats more receptive to information provided by firms? Using the tariff exclusion data, we demonstrate that bureaucrats are more receptive to firm lobbying when their agencies suffer from high bureaucratic turnover.

Authors

• Minju Kim, Syracuse University

• Sung Eun Kim, Korea University