Vote buying: Lobbying a legislator with uncertain preferences

• Main Authors: Go, Anne Marie L., Kokonas, Nikolaos, Rivas, Javier
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Lobbying; Legislation
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/9508
• Institution: De La Salle University

We consider a dynamic model of lobbying with two opposing lobbyists vying for a legislator’s support, whose preferences are uncertain. The results show that the degree of uncertainty of legislator preferences has a direct effect on the bidding strategy of lobbyists. When the degree of uncertainty is...