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- Petrova, Maria (2012): Mass media and special interest groups
It is generally accepted that news coverage depends not only on the preferences of media consumers but also on the preferences of advertisers or subsidizing groups. ... The model shows that the sign of the effect of marginal costs of production or marginal advertising revenues on the level of distortion in news coverage depends on complementarity or substitutability between media bias and audience size for an interest group, the existence of a budget constraint for an interest group, and media outlets’ reliance on subscription, in addition to advertising, revenues.
RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:84:y:2012:i:1:p:17-38 Save to MyIDEAS - Reuben E. (2002): Interest groups and politics: The need to concentrate on group formation
This paper assesses the development of the modeling of group behavior in the interest group literature. Throughout the literature, interest groups have been modeled in multiple ways: from passive groups that do not interact with one another to groups that act just as rational strategic players. ... In this paper, I propose that the introduction of group formation into our models is the best way of continuing with research.
RePEc:wpa:wuwppe:0212001 Save to MyIDEAS - Phillips, S.d. & Pal, L.A. & Savas, D.J. & Hawkes, D.C. (1990): Public Interest Groups in the Policy Process
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RePEc:fth:carlad:4 Save to MyIDEAS - Bonnie Wilson & Jac Heckelman (2008): Interest Groups and the "Rise and Decline" of Growth
Interest groups are known to exert a sclerotic impact on mean growth, `a la Mancur Olson (1982). ... In this paper, we first consider what impact we should expect Olson groups to have on the volatility of growth. We then estimate the relation between groups and growth volatility in a cross-country panel, using System GMM. The findings indicate that groups are associated with growth stability. In addition, the findings suggest that interest groups may be a source of the stability observed in democracies.
RePEc:slu:wpaper:2012-01 Save to MyIDEAS - Facchini, Giovanni & Mayda, Anna Maria & Mishra, Prachi (2007): Do Interest Groups Affect Immigration?
While anecdotal evidence suggests that interest groups play a key role in shaping immigration, there is no systematic empirical evidence on this issue. To motivate our analysis, we develop a simple theoretical model where migration policy is the result of the interaction between organized groups with conflicting interests towards labor flows. ... We find robust evidence that both pro- and anti-immigration interest groups play a statistically significant and economically relevant role in shaping migration across sectors.
RePEc:iza:izadps:dp3183 Save to MyIDEAS - Deardorff, A.V. & Hall, R. (1997): Explaining the Role of Interest Groups in United States Trade Policy
This paper provides an alternative analytical view of the mechanism by which interest groups influence trade policy. In contrast to other economic models in which trade policy is essentially "bought" by industrial interests, this model views interest groups and legislators as possibly sharing the same objectives, which they then work together to pursue. The legislators have a limited budget of their own and their staff members' time to work on many issues, and the interest groups influence the process by helping with the work. By selecting legislators who are in closest agreement with their own objectives and then by assisting them in a way that, in effect, subsidizes their efforts, interest groups achieve a role in policy making that is potentially more important than if they merely used financial transfers.
RePEc:mie:wpaper:415 Save to MyIDEAS - Sadiraj, V. & Tuinstra, J. & van Winden, F. (2000): On the dynamics of interest group formation and endogenous policymaking
We present a dynamic model of the interaction between interest groups and policymakers, featuring endogenous interest group formation. We show that complicated dynamic patterns in economic policies may arise once interest group formation is taken into account.
RePEc:ams:ndfwpp:00-01 Save to MyIDEAS - Kyounghee Lee (2010): Democracy and Trade Policy : the Role of Interest Groups
As democracy develops and matures, the number of interest groups attempting to voice their interests with respect to trade policies tends to increase, and sometimes governments collide with them in the process of enacting restraints. This paper aims to investigate empirically the role of interest groups in Korea's trade policy, utilizing the Grossman and Helpman (1994). Contrary to prevailing wisdom, the results of our empirical investigation suggest that a greater level of participation by diverse interest groups actually promotes trade liberalization, as different groups offset each other's demands in the act of obtaining government protection. The findings imply that "openness and pluralism" with respect to interest groups is necessary if better strategies for trade liberalization are to be developed.
RePEc:eab:tradew:23111 Save to MyIDEAS - Randall G. Holcombe & Robert J. Gmeiner (2018): Interest group support for non-group issues
Organized interest groups tend to focus on a narrow set of issues that promote the common interests of their members. They support political candidates who are favorable toward the group’s interests. But whereas interest groups support politicians based on a narrow set of issues, politicians have platforms that cover the entire political spectrum, so supporting a politician implies supporting all of that politician’s positions. A secondary effect of interest group support for politicians on one issue is that they are also supporting positions on other issues that are well outside the scope of that group’s interests. This analysis shows that the systematic relationships among politicians’ political platforms result in interest groups supporting issues that are well outside the stated common interests of the groups.
RePEc:kap:copoec:v:29:y:2018:i:3:d:10.1007_s10602-017-9244-z Save to MyIDEAS - Vjollca Sadiraj & Jan Tuinstra & Frans A.A.M. van Winden (2000): On the Dynamics of Interest Group Formation and Endogenous Policymaking
We present a dynamic model of the interaction between interest groupsand policymakers, featuringendogenous interest group formation. We show that complicated dynamicpatterns in economicpolicies may arise once interest group formation is taken intoaccount.
RePEc:tin:wpaper:20000022 Save to MyIDEAS