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SSRN-Measuring Rates of Return for Lobbying Expenditures: An Empirical Analysis under the American Jobs Creation Act by Raquel Alexander, Stephen Mazza, Susan Scholz
The lobbying industry has experienced exponential growth within the past decade. The general public, the media, and special interest groups perceive lobbying to be a powerful mechanism affecting public policy. However, academic research finds inconclusive results when quantifying the rate of return on political lobbying expenditures. In this paper we use audited corporate tax disclosures relating to a tax holiday on repatriated earnings created by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 to examine the return on lobbying. We find firms lobbying for this provision have a return in excess of $220 for every $1 spent on lobbying, or 22,000%.


Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Jul 5th, 2009 at 12:07:06 PM EST
Click on download above the abstract, it's free.

Looks interesting, good find.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Jul 5th, 2009 at 12:57:05 PM EST
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So it is.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Jul 5th, 2009 at 01:58:00 PM EST
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