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For decades, political scientists have struggled to provide empirical evidence that lobbying influences policymaking. A considerable gap arose between widespread public suspicions of lobbying and the ...

Abstract. Policymaking is an arduous process and politicians often fail to change the status quo despite their best efforts. I introduce the notion of infl

Using new surveys on more than 40,000 respondents in twenty countries that account for 72% of global CO2 emissions, we study the understanding of and attitudes toward climate change

Politicians bemoan when their policy proposals fail. They blame the other side and institutions that generate legislative gridlock. But are all such failures genuine? Could it be that some politicians...