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Exhibit 691

Is It Whom You Know or What You Know? An Empirical Assessment of the Lobbying Process

Exhibit 691 ยท Journal article

Is It Whom You Know or What You Know? An Empirical Assessment of the Lobbying Process

However, we find a more consistent monetary premium for connections than expertise.

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Source
Bertrand, Bombardini and Trebbi, American Economic Review 104(12):3885-3920
Date
2014
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Abstract
Grade
Peer-reviewed
Document
https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.104.12.3885
Accessed
2026-11-10
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding POL-1.16
Peer-reviewed Lobbyists with experience in a U.S. Senator's office lose 24 percent of generated revenue when that Senator leaves office (Blanes i Vidal, Draca and Fons-Rosen), and Bertrand, Bombardini and Trebbi find a more consistent monetary premium for connections than for expertise.