Market-Based Lobbying: Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy
We analyze a novel lobbying channel: firms shifting spending toward a politician's business in the hope of securing favorable regulation.
Research
Constitutionalization and the Regulation of Transnational Firms
How Money Talks
The author discusses the process of lobbying in relation to affecting public policy.
Adding Human Rights Punch to the New Lex Mercatoria: The Impact of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights on Commercial Legal Practice
Lobbying
Es cada vez más ostensible la necesidad de que los productos legislativos que emanan del congreso mexicano sean más transparentes en la toma de decisiones y para eso se hace manifiesta la necesidad de
Making Money by Giving It for Free: Radiohead’s Pre-Release Strategy for In Rainbows
In 2007 a prominent British alternative-rock band, Radiohead, pre-released its album In Rainbows online, and asked their fans to “pick-their-own-price” (PYOP) for the digital download.
Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: Normative Innovations and Implementation Challenges
Business and human rights became an increasingly prominent feature on the international agenda in the 1990s.
Regulating Ambiguous Risks: The Less than Rational Regulation of Pharmaceuticals
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) balances risks and benefits before approving pharmaceuticals.
Personalities and Public Sector Performance: Evidence from a Health Experiment in Pakistan
This paper provides evidence that the personality traits of policy actors matter for policy outcomes in the context of two large-scale experiments in Punjab, Pakistan.
Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison
We compare the liquidity that six developed countries have built into their employer-based defined contribution (DC) retirement schemes.
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