Legislators and Interest Groups: How Unorganized Interests Get Represented

摘要: This paper derives a supply price for public policy using constrained maximization model. In the model, three sets of agents each have preferences over outcomes: organized interest groups offer campaign contributions to improve their own wealth, voters votes obtain outcomes closer most preferred outcomes, and legislators seek both reelection. A given legislator's is shown depend on productivity his effort, as determined by committee assignments, priority ability, unorganized constituency in home district. Two extreme assumptions about effectiveness spending eliciting are used illustrate comparative statics properties The prediction model that will, general, out whose indifferent group seeks. Thus, who do effect represented, even though they not organized.