Selected Publications Research Interests Professor Hall is currently writing a book on interest group influence in law making and rule making at the national level. The study centers on his theory of lobbying, which holds that under most conditions lobbying is a species of subsidy.
Lobbyists assist like-minded legislators in promoting interests common to member and the group.
The theory also provides an account of preference-centered lobbying, in which lobbying and campaign contributions are seldom an attempt to change, or prevent the change of, legislators' positions or votes. The empirical work will focus primarily in the areas of health and environmental policy. Professor Hall is also working on several papers on the topic of race, ethnicity, and representation. Selected Publications Participation in Congress Yale University Press, 1996.