Lobbying across Branches of Government: Executive, Legislative and Judicial

Abstract

Institutions shape lobbying behavior and there is significant variation in the type of venues interest groups approach in order to exert political and policy influence. Institutions have different incentives to interact and grant interest groups access to political and policy decision-making processes. This Panel invites Papers that seek to identify and compare broad patterns of interaction between interest groups and institutional actors (e.g. political parties, etc.) across policy areas and systems of government.