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Inefficient lobbying, populism and oligarchy

Author:	Campante, Felipe R.; Ferreira, Francisco G.H.;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 3240
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2004/03/26
Document Date:	2004/03/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS3240	SubTopics:	Environmental Economics & Policies; Knowledge Economy; Economic Theory & Research; National Governance; Labor Policies; Fiscal & Monetary Policy; ICT Policy and Strategies
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: The authors investigate the theoretical effects of lobbying and pressure group activities on both economic efficiency and on equity. Looking at lobbying as a political activity that takes place alongside production, they find that lobbies may generate economic inefficiency as part of the process of shifting the allocation of government expenditures in their favor. Outcomes of this non-electoral political process will always be biased toward the group with a comparative advantage in politics, rather than in production. In a context where the main political conflict is one between "the rich" and "the poor," political equilibria may be either populist (inefficiently pro-poor) or oligarchic (inefficiently pro-rich), depending on each group's lobbying effectiveness.


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