Who Lobbies and When: Analyzing Patterns of Foreign Lobbying
Journal: D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2020

My dissertation ``Who Lobbies and When: Analyzing Patterns of Foreign Lobbying Activities" studies (a) who lobbies, (b) for what purposes, and (c) when. Foreign lobbying involves a wide set of actions that foreign governments, firms, interest groups, and individuals take to pursue their interests and interact with diverse actors in other states. Like diplomacy, foreign lobbying aims to facilitate interstate interaction and help actors achieve their international goals. Yet, since not only govern