Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76667 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
cege Discussion Papers No. 162
Publisher: 
University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege), Göttingen
Abstract: 
Lobbying a coalition government is different than lobbying a single-party government, since in the case of a coalition government, the interest group can intervene in the intragovernmental decision process. In the case where the interest group likes the status quo more than the surplus maximizing policy, the interest group influences the policy without any contribution thanks to its credible threat to block unfavorable proposals. We show further that when, say, a leftist coalition government may be replaced by a rightist coalition government, the final policy reflects a rightist interest group's preferences more heavily due to the interest group's forward-looking considerations.
Subjects: 
lobbying
policy-making
coalition governments
status quo
JEL: 
C78
D72
D78
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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