Replication data for: Revolving Door Lobbyists

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Jordi Blanes i Vidal; Mirko Draca; Christian Fons-Rosen

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Project Citation: 

Blanes i Vidal, Jordi, Draca, Mirko, and Fons-Rosen, Christian. Replication data for: Revolving Door Lobbyists. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2012. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112581V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Washington's "revolving door"—the movement from government service into the lobbying industry—is regarded as a major concern for policy-making. We study how ex-government staffers benefit from the personal connections acquired during their public service. Lobbyists with experience in the office of a US Senator suffer a 24 percent drop in generated revenue when that Senator leaves office. The effect is immediate, discontinuous around the exit period, and long-lasting. Consistent with the notion that lobbyists sell access to powerful politicians, the drop in revenue is increasing in the seniority of and committee assignments power held by the exiting politician.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Connections; Networks; Quasi-Experiment; Natural Variation; Lags and Leads Analysis
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
      J44 Professional Labor Markets; Occupational Licensing
      L84 Personal, Professional, and Business Services
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1998 – 2008
Universe:  View help for Universe Ex-staffers turned lobbyists
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) observational data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Senate office for public records, Center for Responsive Politics, Legistorm
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individuals, Semesters,

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