Determinants of access to legislative and executive branch officials: Business firms and trade policymaking in the U.S.

Business and Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Schuler, Douglas A ^a   Rehbein, Kathleen ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

access; campaign contributions; corporate political activity; lobbying; political markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755130306     PISSN: 13695258     EISSN: 14693569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1340     Document Type: Article

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