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Exhibit 679

Measuring Rates of Return for Lobbying Expenditures: An Empirical Case Study of Tax Breaks for Multinational Corporations

Exhibit 679 ยท Journal article

Measuring Rates of Return for Lobbying Expenditures: An Empirical Case Study of Tax Breaks for Multinational Corporations

We find firms lobbying for this provision have a return in excess of $220 for every $1 spent on lobbying, or 22,000%.

Uses audited tax disclosures on the 2004 repatriation holiday. Abstract also reports that profitability does not predict repatriation amount, that industry and firm size do, and that cash on hand does not. The abstract does not give the paper's sample, dollar totals or method.

Source
Alexander, Mazza and Scholz, Journal of Law and Politics 25:401
Date
2009
Quoted from
Abstract (KU ScholarWorks record)
Grade
Peer-reviewed
Document
https://hdl.handle.net/1808/11410
Accessed
2026-11-10
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Finding POL-1.9
Peer-reviewed Alexander, Mazza and Scholz report that firms lobbying for the 2004 repatriation provision had a return in excess of $220 for every $1 spent on lobbying.