...Alan Yan What is the source of labor unions’ power? A large literature argues that union membership powerfully affects political behavior, in turn making unions an influential interest group. However, union members may not receive, may ignore, and may deprioritize their union’s political messages...

... of congressional bill proposals and associated status quos generated by jointly scaling cosponsorship, roll-call, and interest group position-taking data for 1,007 bills from the 110th through 114th Congresses. Because interest groups take positions on bills before they receive votes, our measures cover many bills...

...Zuheir Desai; John Duggan We analyze a citizen–candidate model of elections between an incumbent and challenger to investigate the logic of interest group influence on election outcomes through campaign advertising. Whereas the incumbent’s position is known to voters, the challenger is relatively...

...Brian Libgober Rulemaking procedures provide interest groups two opportunities to persuade regulators: ex parte meetings and public comments. Regulated entities use both avenues more extensively than other groups, but how much do they gain by doing so? By analyzing changes in the stock...

... Campaign finance elections game theory interest groups Electoral campaigns are expensive. In 2016, candidates for the United States Congress spent more than $4 billion on their campaigns (Center for Responsive Politics, 2017). Political activists and public interest groups often identify...

...-making state legislators interest groups The democratic ideal is that public policies reflect citizens’ preferences. This works most straightforwardly when elected representatives enact policies that echo the desires of their constituents. However, alternative mechanisms for citizen input exist...