The Role of Organized Interest Groups in Policy Making

Introduction; D.Di Gioacchino, S.Ginebri & L.Sabani PART I: PRE-ELECTION POLITICS Lobbying and Political Polarization; H.W.Ursprung Comment; F.Schneider Vote Buying Through Resource Allocation in a Government Controlled Sector; M.Bennedsen Comment; R.Puglisi The Political Power of the Owners of Public Debt; D.Di Gioacchino, S.Ginebri & L.Sabani Comment; P.C.Padoan PART II: POST-ELECTION POLITICS Endogenous Lobbying in Search of Import Protection; W.Mayer & S.Mujumdar Comment; F.Robert-Nicoud Ageing and Lobbying: Implications for Social Security; P.Profeta Comment; C.Testa Lobbying, Bargaining and EU Enlargement; D.Brou & M.Ruta Comment; S.Manzocchi Trade Policy with Intermediate Uses of Goods; C-J.Belfrage Comment; L.De Benedictis PART III: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON LOBBYING The Power of Specialization: How Interest Groups Influence EU Legislation; G.Schneider & K.Baltz Comment; I.Imperato Lobbying for Emissions Allowances: A New Perspective on the Political Economy of the US Acid Rain Program; J.A.Hanoteau Comment; D.Federici Trading Interests: Legislature Size, Constituency Size and Government Spending in a Panel of Countries; R.Ricciuti Comment; E.Galli