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Advancing the Empirical Research on Lobbying / John M. de Figueiredo, Brian Kelleher Richter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- de Figueiredo, John M.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w19698.
- NBER working paper series no. w19698
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2013.
- Summary:
- This essay identifies the empirical facts about lobbying which are generally agreed upon in the literature. It then discusses challenges to empirical research in lobbying and provides examples of empirical methods that can be employed to overcome these challenges--with an emphasis on statistical measurement, identification, and casual inference. The essay then discusses the advantages, disadvantages, and effective use of the main types of data available for research in lobbying. It closes by discussing a number of open questions for researchers in the field and avenues for future work to advance the empirical research in lobbying.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- December 2013.
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