Interest Groups, Economic Competition, and Endogenous Public Policy

Yu-Bong Lai

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2003, vol. 159, issue 2, 342-361

Abstract: A common-agency model is constructed to investigate how two interest groups a workers' group and an environmentalists' group affect the formation of a capital tax and an environmental policy. The political power of interest groups, which is related to the free-rider problem that they face, is crucial in deciding these policies. This paper depicts the conditions under which either NIMBY or a race to the bottom occurs. Moreover, this paper examines whether the equivalence between a pollution tax and a pollution standard is sustained despite interference from interest groups.

JEL-codes: D78 H23 Q28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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