Structural Power and Public Policy : A Signaling Model of Business Lobbying in Democratic Capitalism

Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Date
2005
Authors
Bernhagen, Patrick
Bräuninger, Thomas
Editors
Contact
Journal ISSN
Electronic ISSN
ISBN
Bibliographical data
Publisher
Series
ArXiv-ID
International patent number
Link to the license
EU project number
Project
Open Access publication
Restricted until
Title in another language
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
Publication type
Journal article
Publication status
Published in
Political Studies ; 53 (2005). - pp. 43-64
Abstract
This paper develops a signaling model of corporate lobbying in democratic capitalist societies to analyze the conditions that lead to a powerful political position of business. Proceeding from the traditional dichotomy of structural economic determinants versus business political action, our model predicts the conditions under which elected political decisionmakers modify their policy pledges to accommodate business political preferences, or override business lobbying messages and honor their pledges. Our results show that the structural power of business over public policy is contingent on two variables: the size of reputation costs of business in relation to its material costs of lobbying; and the ratio of the policymaker s reputation constraints from policy commitments and campaign pledges to the electoral costs arising from adverse effects of policy. We evaluate our model using case studies of business lobbying on environmental and financial services regulation in Britain and Germany.
Summary in another language
Subject (DDC)
320 Politics
Keywords
Conference
Review
undefined / . - undefined, undefined. - (undefined; undefined)
Cite This
ISO 690BERNHAGEN, Patrick, Thomas BRÄUNINGER, 2005. Structural Power and Public Policy : A Signaling Model of Business Lobbying in Democratic Capitalism. In: Political Studies. 53, pp. 43-64. Available under: doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2005.00516.x
BibTex
@article{Bernhagen2005Struc-3958,
  year={2005},
  doi={10.1111/j.1467-9248.2005.00516.x},
  title={Structural Power and Public Policy : A Signaling Model of Business Lobbying in Democratic Capitalism},
  volume={53},
  journal={Political Studies},
  pages={43--64},
  author={Bernhagen, Patrick and Bräuninger, Thomas}
}
RDF
<rdf:RDF
    xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:bibo="http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/"
    xmlns:dspace="http://digital-repositories.org/ontologies/dspace/0.1.0#"
    xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
    xmlns:void="http://rdfs.org/ns/void#"
    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#" > 
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/3958">
    <dc:creator>Bräuninger, Thomas</dc:creator>
    <dc:date rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2011-03-24T10:09:47Z</dc:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/42"/>
    <dc:creator>Bernhagen, Patrick</dc:creator>
    <dspace:isPartOfCollection rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/52"/>
    <dcterms:title>Structural Power and Public Policy : A Signaling Model of Business Lobbying in Democratic Capitalism</dcterms:title>
    <void:sparqlEndpoint rdf:resource="http://localhost/fuseki/dspace/sparql"/>
    <bibo:uri rdf:resource="http://kops.uni-konstanz.de/handle/123456789/3958"/>
    <dspace:isPartOfCollection rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/42"/>
    <dspace:hasBitstream rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstream/123456789/3958/1/Structural_power.pdf"/>
    <dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstream/123456789/3958/1/Structural_power.pdf"/>
    <foaf:homepage rdf:resource="http://localhost:8080/"/>
    <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
    <dc:rights>terms-of-use</dc:rights>
    <dcterms:abstract xml:lang="eng">This paper develops a signaling model of corporate lobbying in democratic capitalist societies to analyze the conditions that lead to a powerful political position of business. Proceeding from the traditional dichotomy of structural economic determinants versus business  political action, our model predicts the conditions under which elected political decisionmakers modify their policy pledges to accommodate business  political preferences, or override business  lobbying messages and honor their pledges. Our results show that the structural power of business over public policy is contingent on two variables: the size of reputation costs of business in relation to its material costs of lobbying; and the ratio of the policymaker s reputation constraints from policy commitments and campaign pledges to the electoral costs arising from adverse effects of policy. We evaluate our model using case studies of business lobbying on environmental and financial services regulation in Britain and Germany.</dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:available rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2011-03-24T10:09:47Z</dcterms:available>
    <dcterms:issued>2005</dcterms:issued>
    <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
    <dc:contributor>Bräuninger, Thomas</dc:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights rdf:resource="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/"/>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation>First publ. in: Political Studies 53 (2005), pp. 43-64</dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/52"/>
    <dc:contributor>Bernhagen, Patrick</dc:contributor>
  </rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>
Internal note
xmlui.Submission.submit.DescribeStep.inputForms.label.kops_note_fromSubmitter
Contact
URL of original publication
Test date of URL
Examination date of dissertation
Method of financing
Comment on publication
Alliance license
Corresponding Authors der Uni Konstanz vorhanden
International Co-Authors
Bibliography of Konstanz
Refereed