Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/31252 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 1433
Publisher: 
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science, Evanston, IL
Abstract: 
We examine the consequences of lobbying and vote buying, assuming this practice were allowed and free of stigma. Two .lobbyists. compete for the votes of legislators by oþering up-front payments to the legislators in exchange for their votes. We analyze how the lobbyists.budget constraints and legislator preferences determine the winner and the payments.
Subjects: 
vote buying
lobbying
legislatures
political economy
JEL: 
P16
C72
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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