When businesses collide: producer interest groups and the politics of regulation.
Much interest-group analysis assumes that producer-group pressures arc especially influential. Sometimes business interests conflict; in that case, which producer groups will be most influential? Using data from 54 state telephone rate cases, this paper explores the relative influence of several d...
| Publicado en: | Policy Studies Journal Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 310 - 329 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Summer 1998
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| Sumario: | Much interest-group analysis assumes that producer-group pressures arc especially influential. Sometimes business interests conflict; in that case, which producer groups will be most influential? Using data from 54 state telephone rate cases, this paper explores the relative influence of several different intervener types. Estimates indicate that influencing outcomes depends on credible information rather than other resources, and also that business interest groups cannot all be considered homogenous. Some implications for the Telecommunications Act of 1996 are drawn. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. |
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