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Choosing lobbying sides : the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union

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Atikcan, Ece Ozlem and Chalmers, Adam William (2019) Choosing lobbying sides : the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union. Journal of Public Policy, 39 (4). pp. 543-564. doi:10.1017/S0143814X18000223 ISSN 0143-814X.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X18000223

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Abstract

Despite the impressive amount of empirical research on lobbying, a fundamental question remains overlooked. How do interest groups choose to lobby different sides of an issue? We argue that how groups choose sides is a function of firm-level economic activity. By studying a highly salient regulatory issue, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, and using a novel dataset of lobbying, we reveal that a group’s main economic sector matters most. Firms operating in finance and retail face unique costs and are incentivized to lobby against the GDPR. However, these groups are outgunned by a large, heterogeneous group of firms with superior lobbying firepower on the other side of the issue.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Public Policy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 0143-814X
Official Date: December 2019
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DateEvent
December 2019Published
26 September 2018Available
10 June 2018Accepted
Volume: 39
Number: 4
Page Range: pp. 543-564
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X18000223
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): This article has been accepted for publication in a revised form for publication in Journal of Public Policy https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-public-policy
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Copyright Holders: © Cambridge University Press, 2018
Date of first compliant deposit: 19 June 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 12 September 2018
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