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Revolving Door Lobbyists and the Value of Congressional Staff Connections
Abstract
Building on previous work on lobbying and relationships in Congress, I propose a theory of staff-to-staff connections as a human capital asset for Capitol Hill staff and revolving door lobbyists. Employing lobbying disclosure data matched to congressional staff employment histories, I find that the connections these lobbyists maintain to their former Hill coworkers primarily drive their higher relative value as lobbyists. Specifically, a 1...
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Title
Revolving Door Lobbyists and the Value of Congressional Staff Connections
Published Date
Oct 1, 2018
Journal
Volume
80
Issue
4
Pages
1369 - 1383
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