The Determinants of Banks' Lobbying Activities

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Research , Preprint 01 Jan 2011 Austria English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:SSRN Electronic Journal (eissn: 1556-5068,

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Authors: Rajna GIBSON BRANDON; Miret PADOVANI;

doi: 10.2139/ssrn.1785435

The Determinants of Banks' Lobbying Activities

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Abstract

In this paper, we examine the relationship between banks’ lobbying activities, their size, nancial strength, and sources of income. First, we nd that banks are more likely to lobby when they are larger, have more vulnerable balance sheets, are less creditworthy, and have more diversied business proles. We also nd that banks

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Austria

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banking, lobbying, nancial regulatory reform, Dodd-Frank bill., jel: jel:G28, jel: jel:G21

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