Business Associations, Lobbying, and Endogenous Institutions

M.J. Larrain Aylwin; J.O. Prüfer

Business Associations, Lobbying, and Endogenous Institutions

M.J. Larrain Aylwin, J.O. Prüfer

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Abstract

Are business associations - private, formal, nonprofit organizations designed to promote the common interests of their members - positive or negative for the economy and overall welfare? Scholars from institutional and organizational economics, on the one side, and from industrial organization, law & economics, and public choice, on the other side, have given different answers to this question, which is instrumental for policy making. We construct a model that endogenizes association membership of firms and the main functions of associations, which can have positive or negative spillovers on the economy. We derive predictions regarding associations’ functions and their net welfare effects, depending on the level of property rights securitization, which are in line with empirical observations.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Tilburg
Publisher	Information Management
Number of pages	40
Volume	2014-071
Publication status	Published - 21 Nov 2014

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Name	CentER Discussion Paper
Volume	2014-071

Keywords

Business Associations
Trade associations
Professional organizations
Guilds
Lobbying
Private Ordering
Endogenous institutions
Quality of Legal Institutions

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