A new dataset reveals corporate lobbying on climate policy in the US is dominated by non-emitting firms. This study finds that opposition to decarbonization extends through supply chains, with carbon-intensive inputs and downstream sales driving political activity among these companies.
States have long been treated as “laboratories of democracy,” where learning and competition spread policy innovations. Building on policy feedback scholarship, this article develops a new framework of policy interdependence showing that state policies do more than teach or compete—they reshape interest-group politics across state lines.
A new methodology—the bipartite link community model (biLCM)—infers political actors' latent memberships in communities of collective activity that shape observable interactions. Unlike existing approaches, biLCM is designed for two distinct actor sets and captures overlapping and multi-faceted interaction structure.
This study asks how learning from other states affects the comprehensiveness of state drunk-driving laws and whether lobbying by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) conditions that relationship.
U.S. human rights ratings significantly shape foreign policy by influencing aid, sanctions, and trade decisions.
Cities are active interest groups lobbying the federal government, yet this intergovernmental interaction remains poorly understood.