Abstract
Whereas research on corporate lobbying in the USA has produced a set of robust findings, less is known about the determinants of business political action in other policy arenas and beyond the nation-state. In particular, we do not know how well the standard profit-seeking model of firm political activity travels. The article examines this issue with an analysis of business lobbying in the EU that reflects tactical adaptation to lobbying at the supranational level. Using data on 2000 large companies, we show that a modified profit-seeking model of corporate political behaviour is generalizable to corporate lobbying in Brussels. By contrast, theories emphasizing nationally distinct types of interest intermediation find little support in the data.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 155-176 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | European Union Politics |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 15 May 2009 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2009 |
Keywords
- business interests
- corporatism
- large firms
- lobbying
- transnational corporations
- political activity
- market-structure
- interests
- business
- state
- firm