We update the literature on corporate attempts to influence political actors, and thereby
shape their governmental outcomes. Doing so allows us to recognize where the field has …

This article offers a review of the recent empirical literature on lobbying within political
economy. In surveying extant research, we emphasize quid pro quo and informational …

We adapt simple tools from computational linguistics to construct a new measure of political
risk faced by individual US firms: the share of their quarterly earnings conference calls that …

We explore the role of charitable giving as a means of political influence. For philanthropic
foundations associated with large US corporations, we present three different identification …

This article examines the influence on organizational outcomes of CEOs' political ideology,
specifically political conservatism vs. liberalism. We propose that CEOs' political ideologies …

This study investigates the relation between corporate political connections and tax
aggressiveness. We study a broad array of corporate political activities, including the …

This review identifies empirical facts about lobbying that are generally agreed upon in the
literature. It then discusses challenges to empirical research in lobbying and provides …

Corporate political activities, or corporate attempts to shape government policy in ways
favorable to the firm, are commonly employed by firms across countries. We review recent …

abstract The authors begin by offering an overview of the sources and amounts of campaign
contributions in the US In the light of these facts, they explore the assumption that the …

It has recently been argued that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is 'political'. It has been
neglected however, that firms also operate politically in a traditional sense, in seeking to …