Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76130 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 1008
Publisher: 
University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute, Zurich
Abstract: 
Are national or multinational firms better lobbyists? This paper analyzes the extent of national environmental regulation when policy is determined in a lobbying game between a government and firm. We compare the resulting regulation levels for national and multinational firms. We identify three countervailing forces, the easier-to-shut-down effect, the easier-to-curb-exports effect and the multiple-plant effect. The interplay of these three forces determines whether national or multinational firms produce more, depending on such parameters as the potential environmental damages, transportation costs and the in uence of the firm. We also show that welfare levels are higher with multinational firms than with national firms when there is no lobbying, but that lobbying can reverse the welfare ordering.
Subjects: 
multinational enterprises
regulation
policy formation
lobbying
interest groups
foreign direct investment
JEL: 
D72
F23
L51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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