We present a dynamic model of endogenous interest group sizes and policymaking. The model integrates ‘top-down’ (policy) and ‘bottom-up’ (individual and social-structural) influences on the development of interest groups. Comparative statics results show that the standard assumption of fixed-sized interest groups can be misleading. Furthermore, dynamic analysis of the model demonstrates that re...

Administrative agencies frequently use guidance documents to set policy broadly and prospectively in areas ranging from Department of Education Title IX enforcement to Food and Drug Administration regulation of direct-to- consumer pharmaceutical advertising. In form, these guidances often closely resemble the policies agencies issue in ordinary notice-and-comment rulemaking. However, guidances ...

Many international business (IB) issues are “wicked”, requiring specific policymaking approaches and capabilities. COVID-19 has accentuated their wickedness, contributing also to global structural shifts, which pose significant challenges opportunities for transformation policymaking. This commentary extends the second-generation wicked problem (WP) literature proposes a third-generation WP app...