Corporate Lobbying of Bureaucrats
lobbying
regulations
bureaucrats
Reject and Resubmit, The Journal of Finance
Presented at HKU Summer Finance Conference, Essex University, Manchester University, Lancaster University, McGill University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Sydney Banking and Financial Stability Conference, Politics and Finance Conference (Georgetown)
Abstract
This paper examines how corporations engage with bureaucrats during the rulemaking process. We document patterns of corporate lobbying and their effects on regulatory outcomes.