This paper develops a game-theoretic model of public policy in a developing country in order to explain a number of empirical regularities. It is shown that under certain circumstances, an increase in government revenue will be completely crowded out by increased rent dissipation, leaving the provision of public goods unaltered. In this model, there are two possible ways in which foreign aid ma...

We review the 1992 policy choices in California for expanding health insurance coverage, focusing on the rejection of an employer mandate by legislators and voters. We analyze how interest-group politics, gubernatorial politics, and national politics shaped those choices. Although public opinion and the shift of organized medicine showed considerable support for extending health insurance cover...

What motivates interest groups to engage with European Union (EU) agencies? Authors have recently looked into the interaction between and these regulators. This article sets out discover new explanations for group behaviour add mechanisms established explanatory factors by looking at this novel context literature. It employs an in-depth qualitative study using interviews high-level representati...