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Empirics | Political institutions | Special interest politics

Foreign Influence in US Politics

Paper

Posted on 4 April 2022

By Max Miller

We provide the first large-sample evidence of foreign influence in US politics, showing that meetings between foreign countries and legislators affect government resource allocation directly for countries and indirectly for...
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Corporate finance | Regulation | Special interest politics

Who Pays a Visit to Brussels? The Firm Value of Cross-Border Political Access to European Commissioners

Paper

Posted on 23 August 2021

By Jörg Stahl

We present novel evidence on the value of cross-border political access. We analyze data on meetings of US multinational enterprises (MNEs) with European Commission (EC) policymakers. Meetings with Commissioners are...
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