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Data Sources

Advocacy and Public Policymaking

The authors of Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why provide the data documentation that underlies their book and related articles. The data attempts to assess the effectiveness of lobbyists to create the policy change they desire. The data analysis focused on 1999 to 2002 activity. Credit: Frank Baumgartner, Jeffery Berry, Marie Hojnacki, David Kimball, and Beth Leech. 

Amicus Curiae Networks

Journal Articles

Andrews, K. T. and B. Edwards. 2004. Advocacy Organizations in the U.S. Political Process. Annual Review of Sociology. Vol. 30.

Austen-Smith, D. 1987. "Interest Groups, Campaign Contributions, and Probabilistic Voting." Public Choice 54 (2): 123-139.

Austen-Smith, D. and J. R. Wright. 1992. "Competitive Lobbying for a Legislator's Vote." Social Choice and Welfare 9 (3): 229-257.

Scope of Project

Forthcoming Summer 2013

News Citations

The influence of interest groups in Congress is determined by a number of techniques. One way to exercise influence is to shape the public debate by conveying the group's message through the media.[1] Once the public views an issue as important, the more likely Congress is to take action on that specific issue. As a way of characterizing the relative power of a group, I tabulated the number of times major newspapers mentioned, cited, or quoted each group.

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