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Inas A.Hamid

Lobbying & Information. Inas A.Hamid. Lobbying & Information. Lobbying is modeled as a game of strategic information transmission from an informed lobbyist to uninformed policy makers. Interest groups are generally better informed on issues that affect them than policy makers are .

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Inas A.Hamid

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  1. Lobbying & Information Inas A.Hamid

  2. Lobbying & Information • Lobbying is modeled as a game of strategic information transmission from an informed lobbyist to uninformed policy makers. • Interest groups are generally better informed on issues that affect them than policy makers are. • They can thus play a role in the policy process by transmitting their private information to the relevant policy makers.

  3. Lobbyists have a bigger incentive to gather information. • The concerns of the interest groups are rarely identical to the policy makers’ concerns. • .

  4. Need information to affect policy makers Need information to deal with different issues Information The relationship between policy makers, Lobbyists & Information Lobbyists Policy makers Bring issues to attention Interest groups bring issues to the policy makers’ attention and provide information about the results of policies during the legislative process.Policy makers have to deal with multiple issues at the same time and do not have the resources to be well informed on all of them.

  5. The role of lobbyists information To Policy makers provides Lobbyists Make Influences the policy choice

  6. Types of information that is used by Lobbyists

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