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Special Interest Politics: Contribution Schedules versus Nash Bargaining

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  • Achim Voss

    (University of Hamburg)

  • Mark Schopf

    (University of Paderborn)

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The article compares two models of lobby influence on policy choice: The Grossman & Helpman (1994) contribution-schedule model and a negotiation between the lobbies and the government summarized by a Nash-bargaining function. The literature uses the models interchangeably because they imply the same equilibrium policy. We derive under which conditions they lead to the same payments, equilibrium utilities, and total efficiency. They coincide under particular assumptions about bargaining power and disagreement utility.

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  • Achim Voss & Mark Schopf, 2016. "Special Interest Politics: Contribution Schedules versus Nash Bargaining," Working Papers Dissertations 27, Paderborn University, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics.
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    Keywords

    Nash Bargaining; Common-Agency Model; Lobbying;
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    JEL classification:

    • C71 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Cooperative Games
    • C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

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