The Political Economy of Lobbying: Channels of Influence and Their Regulation

ISBN-13: 9783031443923 / Angielski

Karsten Mause; Andreas Polk

Spis treści

1.      Introduction

Karsten Mause (U Münster) & Andreas Polk (HWR Berlin) 

Part I: Theoretical Background 

2.      Lobbying – A Public Choice Perspective
Andreas Polk (HWR Berlin)

 

3.      Lobbying from the Perspective of Behavioral Political Economy
Jan Schnellenbach (BTU Cottbus)

 

4.      Policy Failure and Lobbying
David Stadelmann & Marco Frank (both U Bayreuth)

 

5.      Lobbying and Macroeconomic Development
Theresa Hager (U Linz) 

Part II: Channels of Influence and their Regulation

6.      Informational Lobbying
Susanne Lohmann (University of California, Los Angeles)

 

7.      Campaign Finance
Simon Weschle (Syracuse University)

 

8.      The Revolving Door Phenomenon
Simon Lüchinger (U Luzern) & Christoph Moser (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)

 

9.      Politicians’ Extra-Parliamentary Activities and Lobbying
Benny Geys (Norwegian Business School Oslo) & Karsten Mause (U Münster)

 

10.   Lobbying through Gifts
Maximilian Alex Kuntze & Vanessa Mertins (both U Vechta)

 

11.   Commercial Lobbying Firms: Lobbying as Business
Christopher J. Ellis (University of Oregon) & Thomas Groll (Columbia University New York)

 

12.   The Evolution of Modern Democracy as a Process of Constitutional Lobbying
Thomas Apolte (U Münster)

 

13.   Lobbying and Trade Protection
Xenia Matschke (U Trier) 

Part III: Lobbying in selected World Regions 

14.   Lobbying in the United States
Thomas Stratmann & Amberly E. Dozier (both George Mason University)

 

15.   Lobbying in the European Union
Patrick Bernhagen (U Stuttgart) & Bernd Hüttemann (U Passau)

 

16.   Lobbying in Russia
Sebastian Hoppe & Alexander Libman (both FU Berlin)

 

17.   Lobbying in China
Thomas Heberer (U Duisburg-Essen)

 

O autorze

Dr. Karsten Mause is Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at the University of Münster, Germany. He received an M.A. in Political Science and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Marburg, Germany. Mause’s research focuses on lobbying, corruption, and political accountability. His work has been published in Constitutional Political Economy, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Parliamentary Affairs, and other social science journals and books.

Dr. Andreas Polk is Professor of Economics at the Berlin School of Economics & Law (HWR Berlin), Germany. He received an M.A. in Economics from the University of Heidelberg (Germany) and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Zurich (Switzerland). Polk’s research focus is on industrial organization, competition policy, regulation, and lobbying. His research has been published in journals including the European Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics, Utilities Policy, and other academic outlets. He is a member of the advisory board of Transparency International Germany.

Blurb

Lobbying is not only the subject of ongoing, heated debates in politics and the public sphere but has also been a focus of the social sciences for decades. This edited volume provides an overview of the current state of research on lobbying from the perspective of Public Choice as a subfield of political science and economics. After a brief introduction to the field, Part I provides an overview of basic concepts and political-economic theories of lobbying from the standpoints of various subfields of Public Choice. Subsequently, Part II investigates the various channels used by interest groups to influence policymakers, such as party donations, informational lobbying, hiring politicians, etc. These chapters also discuss the possibilities and limits of regulating the respective channels. Lastly, Part III sheds light on lobbying in selected regions (i.e., the United States, European Union, Russia, and China).