The interaction between firms and political actors has a major impact on the way modern societies develop. Political actors make laws and regulation which shape the environment in which firms operate. Hence, firms have a legitimate interest in interacting with political actors and political actors need inputs from the business community to make the best possible decisions.

The CEBR research program Business and Politics focuses on the use of non-market corporate strategies. These efforts include internal organizational design as well as external strategies, such as lobbying, which many of the CEBR activities in this research project have focused on, and other means of influencing policy makers at all levels of government and international institutions. A second area of interest involves efforts by policy makers to influence firm behaviour through regulatory, legal, financial, and other government instruments.

Articles in International Journals:

CEBR DP 2003-04: Vote BuyingThrough Resource Allocation in a Government Controlled Sector
by Morten Bennedsen
State: Published, Revista Economica Politica.

CEBR DP 2002-10: The Impact of a Break-Through Rule on European Firms
by Morten Bennedsen and Kasper Meisner Nielsen

State: Published, European Journal of Law and Economics, 18 (1)

CEBR DP 2001-08: Lobbying Legislatures
by Morten Bennedsen and Sven E. Feldmann
State: Published, Journal of Political Economy, v. 110, no. 4.

Political Ownership
by Morten Bennedsen
State: Published, Journal of Public Economics, June 2000, Vol 76, Issue 3.

Working Papers:

CEBR DP 2002-20: Candidate Quality
by Panu Poutvaara and Tuomas Takalo
State: Forthcoming in the International Tax and Public Finance

CEBR DP 2001-13: Informal Lobbying and Political Contributions
by Morten Bennedsen and Sven E. Feldmann

State: Refereeing process

Articles in Nordic Journals: