The climate lobby: a sectoral analysis of lobbying spending on climate change in the USA, 2000 to 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s10584-018-2241-z
Abstract: Lobbying is considered to be an important factor in the success or failure of climate change legislation. This paper provides an estimate of lobbying expenditures related to climate change legislation in the U.S. Congress from… read more here.
Keywords: legislation; change; lobbying; climate ... See more keywords
Does corporate lobbying activity provide useful information to credit markets
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2018.03.003
Abstract: Although corporate lobbying can be motivated for numerous reasons, much of corporate lobbying is aimed to secure public subsidies for the firm's high-risk R&D investment, which aggravates the shareholder-creditor conflict. This paper examines how creditors… read more here.
Keywords: information; lobbying activity; lobbying; targeted lobbying ... See more keywords
Rhetoric, Reality, and Reputation: Do CSR and Political Lobbying Protect Shareholder Wealth against Environmental Lawsuits?
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022109019000073
Abstract: We investigate whether firms’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) reputations and environmental lobbying efforts protect shareholder wealth in the event of environmental lawsuits. Using a sample of lawsuits filed in United States Federal Courts, we find… read more here.
Keywords: lobbying; shareholder wealth; environmental lawsuits; protect shareholder ... See more keywords
The role of ‘diplomatic lobbying’ in shaping US foreign policy and its effects on the Australia–US relationship
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DOI: 10.1080/10357718.2016.1184620
Abstract: ABSTRACT Lobbying as a form of engagement with the US Congress has long been studied from a domestic perspective. Lobbying, however, is not a practice confined to actors with domestic interests—it is also used as… read more here.
Keywords: diplomatic lobbying; congress; effects australia; lobbying ... See more keywords