This article offers a review of the recent empirical literature on lobbying within political
economy. In surveying extant research, we emphasize quid pro quo and informational …

This review identifies empirical facts about lobbying that are generally agreed upon in the
literature. It then discusses challenges to empirical research in lobbying and provides …

Has rising import competition contributed to the polarization of US politics? Analyzing
multiple measures of political expression and results of congressional and presidential …

In this article, I jointly investigate the political and the economic effects of immigration, and
study the causes of anti-immigrant sentiments. I exploit exogenous variation in European …

National culture has been shown to impact the way investors, firm managers, and other
financial market participants respond to crisis. To date, however, none has looked at the …

We explore the role of charitable giving as a means of political influence. For philanthropic
foundations associated with large US corporations, we present three different identification …

Abstract The announcement of Timothy Geithner as nominee for Treasury Secretary in
November 2008 produced a cumulative abnormal return for financial firms with which he …

We study how the recent housing boom and bust affected college enrollment during the
2000s. We exploit cross-city variation in local housing booms, which improved labor market …

Using novel data on bank applications to the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), we
study the effect of government assistance on bank risk taking. Bailed-out banks initiate …

This article analyzes whether political connections of the board of directors of publicly traded
companies in the USA affect the allocation of government procurement contracts. It focuses …