Who Lobbies Whom? Special Interests and Hired Guns

• In Event: Models of Special Interest Groups

Brief Overview

We model which SIGs lobby policymakers directly and which hire intermediaries. We highlight the possibilities and limitations for lobbyists to transmit information truthfully and how these depend on policymakers' characteristics and policy agendas.

Authors

• Christopher Ellis, University of Oregon

• Thomas Groll, Columbia University in the City of New York