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Exhibit 692

Lobbying as Legislative Subsidy

Exhibit 692 · Journal article

Lobbying as Legislative Subsidy

We model lobbying not as exchange (vote buying) or persuasion (informative signaling) but as a form of legislative subsidy—a matching grant of policy information, political intelligence, and legislative labor to the enterprises of strategically selected legislators.

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Source
Hall and Deardorff, American Political Science Review 100(1):69-84
Date
2006
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Grade
Peer-reviewed
Document
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/abs/lobbying-as-legislative-subsidy/AE4B5D8AB9C2487BB78C2A51BB53E03F
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2026-11-10
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Peer-reviewed Hall and Deardorff model lobbying as a legislative subsidy, a matching grant of policy information, political intelligence and legislative labor to strategically selected legislators.