Assistant Professor Alexander Fouirnaies Discusses Targeted Lobbying

Harris Public Policy Assistant Professor Alexander Fouirnaies was featured in Phys.org discussing his new research that shows how industries focus their lobbying efforts on the chairs of the legislative committees that create regulations for their sector.

"New evidence suggests that firms place high value on access to agenda setters. They carefully use campaign contributions to buy access to a small handful of powerful legislators who control the industry-relevant agenda."

Full coverage available at Phys.org.