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Type Working Paper
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Lobbying Activities of Multinational Firms
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Andreas Polk
Language
  • English
Institution University of Zurich
Series Name Working paper series / Socioeconomic Institute
Number No. 205
Date 2002
Abstract Text This paper investigates if multinationals in.uence the political process through lobbying more effectively than national firms. First, I introduce a model which contrasts a multinational’s incentives for lobbying with those of a national firm. Then the effect of lobbying on the political decision is analyzed. I conclude that multinationals have smaller incentives to lobby because they have smaller stakes in national markets. But the effectiveness of lobbying by multinationals might be higher if the government cares much about production in the home country. The resulting regulation depends on the relative strength of these effects.
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