The book collects ten papers which give a broad overview of the most recent economic studies in the fields of lobbying and special interest groups This field of research has been attracting a growing interest in economic literature The papers in this volume are both theoretical and empirical and throw new light on the role of organized interest groups ожлнй in a large range of political issues including electoral competition, public debt taxation, trade policy, social security, environmental polices and public spending.  В первыйISBN 1403934908.