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Karam Kang

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Department of Economics
Tepper School of Business Administration
Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)
http://www.tepper.cmu.edu/undergraduate-economics/
RePEc:edi:decmuus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Giulia Brancaccio & Karam Kang, 2022. "Search Frictions and Product Design in the Municipal Bond Market," NBER Working Papers 30775, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

Articles

  1. Karam Kang & Robert A Miller, 2022. "Winning by Default: Why is There So Little Competition in Government Procurement?," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 89(3), pages 1495-1556.
  2. Karam Kang & Bernardo S. Silveira, 2021. "Understanding Disparities in Punishment: Regulator Preferences and Expertise," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 129(10), pages 2947-2992.
  3. Karam Kang, 2016. "Policy Influence and Private Returns from Lobbying in the Energy Sector," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 83(1), pages 269-305.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Giulia Brancaccio & Karam Kang, 2022. "Search Frictions and Product Design in the Municipal Bond Market," NBER Working Papers 30775, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Ana Babus & Kinda Cheryl Hachem, 2019. "Markets for Financial Innovation," NBER Working Papers 25477, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Farrell, Michael & Murphy, Dermot & Painter, Marcus & Zhang, Guangli, 2023. "The complexity yield puzzle: A textual analysis of municipal bond disclosures," Working Papers 338, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State.
    3. Shuo Liu, 2024. "Social Optimal Search Intensity in Over-the-Counter Markets," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 53, pages 224-282, July.
    4. Daniel Garrett & Ivan T. Ivanov, 2023. "Gas Guns and Governments: Financial Costs of Anti-ESG Policies," Working Paper Series WP 2023-07, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Articles

  1. Karam Kang & Robert A Miller, 2022. "Winning by Default: Why is There So Little Competition in Government Procurement?," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 89(3), pages 1495-1556.

    Cited by:

    1. Decio Coviello & Andrea Guglielmo & Giancarlo Spagnolo, 2016. "The effect of discretion on procurement performance," CEP Discussion Papers dp1427, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    2. Iossa, Elisabetta & Decarolis, Francesco & de Rassenfosse, Gaétan & Giuffrida, Leonardo Maria & Mollisi, Vincenzo & Raiteri, Emilio & Spagnolo, Giancarlo, 2019. "Buyers' Role in Innovation Procurement," CEPR Discussion Papers 13777, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    3. Philippe Jehiel & Laurent Lamy, 2017. "On the benefits of set-asides," PSE Working Papers halshs-01557657, HAL.
    4. Angelo D'Andrea, 2019. "Mayor’s wage and Public procurement," BAFFI CAREFIN Working Papers 19125, BAFFI CAREFIN, Centre for Applied Research on International Markets Banking Finance and Regulation, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy.
    5. Matilde Cappelletti & Leonardo M. Giuffrida, 2024. "Targeted Bidders in Government Tenders," CESifo Working Paper Series 11142, CESifo.
    6. Nathan Canen & Kristopher Ramsay, 2023. "Quantifying Theory in Politics: Identification, Interpretation and the Role of Structural Methods," Papers 2302.01897, arXiv.org.
    7. Matilde Bombardini & Andres Gonzalez-Lira, 2024. "The Increasing Cost of Buying American," CESifo Working Paper Series 11339, CESifo.
    8. Gallego, J & Prem, M & Vargas, J. F, 2020. "Corruption in the times of pandemia," Documentos de Trabajo 18178, Universidad del Rosario.
    9. Tukiainen, Janne & Blesse, Sebastian & Bohne, Albrecht & Giuffrida, Leonardo M. & Jääskeläinen, Jan & Luukinen, Ari & Sieppi, Antti, 2021. "What are the priorities of bureaucrats? Evidence from conjoint experiments with procurement officials," ZEW Discussion Papers 21-033, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    10. Decio Coviello & Andrea Guglielmo & Giancarlo Spagnolo, 2018. "The Effect of Discretion on Procurement Performance," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 64(2), pages 715-738, February.
    11. Cai, Dong & Zhang, Guoxing & Lai, Kee-hung & Guo, Chunxiang & Su, Bin, 2024. "Government incentive contract design for carbon reduction innovation considering market value under asymmetric information," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 186(C).
    12. Rodrigo Carril, 2021. "Rules versus discretion in public procurement," Economics Working Papers 1765, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
    13. Giuffrida, Leonardo M. & Raiteri, Emilio, 2021. "Buyers' workload and R&D procurement outcomes: Evidence from the US Air Force Research Lab," ZEW Discussion Papers 21-059, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    14. Francesco Decarolis & Gaétan de Rassenfosse & Leonardo M. Giuffrida & Elisabetta Iossa & Vincenzo Mollisi & Emilio Raiteri & Giancarlo Spagnolo, 2021. "Buyers' role in innovation procurement: Evidence from US military R&D contracts," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(4), pages 697-720, November.
    15. Sümeyra Atmaca & Riccardo Camboni & Elena Podkolzina & Koen Schoors & Paola Valbonesi, 2022. "Setting reserve prices in repeated procurement auctions," "Marco Fanno" Working Papers 0289, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno".
    16. Jääskeläinen, Jan & Tukiainen, Janne, 2019. "Anatomy of public procurement," Working Papers 118, VATT Institute for Economic Research.

  2. Karam Kang & Bernardo S. Silveira, 2021. "Understanding Disparities in Punishment: Regulator Preferences and Expertise," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 129(10), pages 2947-2992.

    Cited by:

    1. Francesco Trebbi & Miao Ben Zhang & Michael Simkovic, 2023. "The Cost of Regulatory Compliance in the United States," CESifo Working Paper Series 10589, CESifo.
    2. Colmer, Jonathan Mark & Evans, Mary F. & Shimshack, Jay, 2023. "Environmental citizen complaints," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 121326, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    3. Kastoryano, Stephen & Vollaard, Ben, 2022. "Nautical Patrol and Illegal Fishing Practices," Other publications TiSEM c02852eb-237c-4c6b-af7c-9, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    4. Dietrich Earnhart & Sarah Jacobson & Yusuke Kuwayama & Richard T. Woodward, 2019. "Discretionary Exemptions from Environmental Regulation: Flexibility for Good or for Ill," Department of Economics Working Papers 2019-11, Department of Economics, Williams College.
    5. Kastoryano, Stephen & Vollaard, Ben, 2023. "Unseen annihilation: Illegal fishing practices and nautical patrol," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 122(C).
    6. Raff, Zach & Meyer, Andrew & Walter, Jason M., 2022. "Political differences in air pollution abatement under the Clean Air Act," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 212(C).
    7. Merkus, Erik, 2024. "The economic consequences of environmental enforcement: Evidence from an anti-deforestation policy in Brazil," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 181(C).
    8. Shimshack, Jay P. & Ward, Michael B., 2022. "Costly sanctions and the treatment of frequent violators in regulatory settings," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).
    9. Wesley Blundell & Gautam Gowrisankaran & Ashley Langer, 2018. "Escalation of Scrutiny: The Gains from Dynamic Enforcement of Environmental Regulations," NBER Working Papers 24810, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    10. Aaron Bodoh-Creed & Brent Hickman & John List & Ian Muir & Gregory Sun, 2023. "Stress Testing Structural Models of Unobserved Heterogeneity: Robust Inference on Optimal Nonlinear Pricing," Natural Field Experiments 00776, The Field Experiments Website.
    11. Luo, Haotian & Hu, Qing, 2024. "A re-examination of the influence of human capital on urban-rural income gap in China: College enrollment expansion, digital economy and spatial spillover," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 494-519.

  3. Karam Kang, 2016. "Policy Influence and Private Returns from Lobbying in the Energy Sector," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 83(1), pages 269-305.

    Cited by:

    1. Francesco Trebbi & Miao Ben Zhang & Michael Simkovic, 2023. "The Cost of Regulatory Compliance in the United States," CESifo Working Paper Series 10589, CESifo.
    2. Michael Blanga-Gubbay & Paola Conconi & Mathieu Parenti, 2020. "Globalization for Sale," RSCAS Working Papers 2020/25, European University Institute.
    3. Yujing Huang & Xiujuan Li & Minggui Yu, 2024. "Assessment of local officials and government‐initiated CSR: Evidence from targeted poverty alleviation in China," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(1), pages 557-579, March.
    4. Marianne Bertrand & Matilde Bombardini & Raymond Fisman & Francesco Trebbi, 2018. "Tax-Exempt Lobbying: Corporate Philanthropy as a Tool for Political Influence," NBER Working Papers 24451, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Yuting Gao, 2022. "Lobbying for Trade Liberalization and its Policy Influence," CAEPR Working Papers 2022-006 Classification-D, Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research, Department of Economics, Indiana University Bloomington.
    6. Arnaud Dellis & Mandar Oak, 2020. "Subpoena power and informational lobbying," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 32(2), pages 188-234, April.
    7. Anne-Laure Delatte & Adrien Matray & Noemie Pinardon-Touati, 2020. "Private Credit under Political Influence: Evidence from France," Working Papers 262, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies..
    8. Joonkyu Choi & Veronika Penciakova & Felipe Saffie, 2021. "Political Connections, Allocation of Stimulus Spending, and the Jobs Multiplier," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2021-13, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
    9. d'Este, Rocco & Draca, Mirko & Fons-Rosen, Christian, 2023. "Shadow Lobbyists," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 652, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
    10. Hassan, Tarek & Hollander, Stephan & van Lent, Laurence & Tahoun, Ahmed, 2017. "Firm-level political risk: Measurement and effects," CEPR Discussion Papers 12436, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    11. Matilde Bombardini & Francesco Trebbi, 2019. "Empirical Models of Lobbying," NBER Working Papers 26287, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    12. Kimbrough, Erik O. & Laughren, Kevin & Sheremeta, Roman, 2020. "War and conflict in economics: Theories, applications, and recent trends," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 178(C), pages 998-1013.
    13. Aaron Pacitti & Michael Cauvel, 2023. "Rent-Seeking Behavior and Economic Justice: A Classroom Exercise," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 49(1), pages 88-103, January.
    14. Marco Battaglini & Eleonora Patacchini, 2018. "Influencing Connected Legislators," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 126(6), pages 2277-2322.
    15. Yangguang Huang & Ming He, 2021. "Structural Analysis Of Tullock Contests With An Application To U.S. House Of Representatives Elections," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 62(3), pages 1011-1054, August.
    16. Wei-Fong Pan, 2023. "Does a firm’s lobbying activity respond to its peers’ lobbying activity?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 194(3), pages 297-324, March.
    17. Brucal, Arlan & Tarui, Nori, 2021. "The effects of utility revenue decoupling on electricity prices," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
    18. Olimpia Cutinelli Rendina, 2023. "Lobbying or Innovation: Who Does What Against Foreign Competition," Working Papers halshs-03970033, HAL.
    19. Biguri, Kizkitza & Brownlees, Christian & Ippolito, Filippo, 2022. "Corporate hedging and the variance of stock returns," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    20. Wagner, Johannes, 2018. "Distributed Generation in Unbundled Electricity Markets," EWI Working Papers 2018-1, Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universitaet zu Koeln (EWI).
    21. Frederico Finan & Maurizio Mazzocco, 2021. "Electoral Incentives and the Allocation of Public Funds," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 19(5), pages 2467-2512.
    22. Jon X. Eguia & Dimitrios Xefteris, 2018. "Implementation by vote-buying mechanisms," University of Cyprus Working Papers in Economics 04-2018, University of Cyprus Department of Economics.
    23. Lake, James, 2015. "Revisiting the link between PAC contributions and lobbying expenditures," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 37(C), pages 86-101.
    24. Marianne Bertrand & Matilde Bombardini & Raymond Fisman & Brad Hackinen & Francesco Trebbi, 2020. "Hall of Mirrors: Corporate Philanthropy and Strategic Advocacy," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series dp-346, Boston University - Department of Economics.
    25. Karen Clay & Akshaya Jha & Joshua A. Lewis & Edson R. Severnini, 2021. "Impacts of the Clean Air Act on the Power Sector from 1938-1994: Anticipation and Adaptation," NBER Working Papers 28962, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    26. Nathan Canen & Kristopher Ramsay, 2023. "Quantifying Theory in Politics: Identification, Interpretation and the Role of Structural Methods," Papers 2302.01897, arXiv.org.
    27. Van De Vrande, Vareska & Subramanian, Annapoornima M. & Lévesque, Moren & Klopf, Patricia, 2024. "The interdependent influence of lobbying and intellectual capital on new drug development," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 53(2).
    28. Bellani, Luna & Fabella, Vigile Marie & Scervini, Francesco, 2020. "Strategic Compromise, Policy Bundling and Interest Group Power," IZA Discussion Papers 13924, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    29. Thais Nunez-Rocha & Camelia Turcu, 2019. "Trade in Fuels and Environmental Regulation: A Two-Sided Story," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 61(2), pages 302-343, June.
    30. Hanming Fang & Zhe Li & Nianhang Xu & Hongjun Yan, 2023. "Firms and Local Governments: Relationship Building during Political Turnovers," Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 27(2), pages 739-762.
    31. Matsusaka, John G., 2018. "Special Interest Influence under Direct versus Representative Democracy," Working Papers 278, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State.
    32. André Albuquerque Sant’Anna & Lucas Costa, 2019. "Bailing out environmental liabilities: moral hazard and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon," Documentos de Trabajo 17435, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA).
    33. John M. de Figueiredo & Brian Kelleher Richter, 2013. "Advancing the Empirical Research on Lobbying," NBER Working Papers 19698, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    34. Jan Zápal, 2017. "Crafting consensus," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 173(1), pages 169-200, October.
    35. Elise Grieg, 2021. "Public opinion and special interests in American environmental politics," CER-ETH Economics working paper series 21/349, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich.
    36. Veselov, Dmitry & Yarkin, Alexander, 2024. "Lobbying for Industrialization: Theory and Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers 17045, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    37. Hennicke, Moritz & Blanga-Gubbay, Michael, 2023. "Betting on the Wrong Horse: Lobbying on TPP and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election," OSF Preprints zcwsn, Center for Open Science.
    38. Curran, Louise, 2024. "Investor state dispute settlement (ISDS) and the social licence to operate of international business: An analysis of controversial cases," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 33(2).
    39. Langtry, Alastair, 2024. "Inside the West Wing: Lobbying as a contest," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 231(C).
    40. Ulrich Matter & Paolo Roberti & Michaela Slotwinski, 2019. "Vote Buying in the US Congress," CESifo Working Paper Series 7841, CESifo.
    41. Johnson Kakeu & Erik Paul Johnson, 2018. "Information Exchange and Transnational Environmental Problems," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 71(2), pages 583-604, October.
    42. Jamshid Karimov & Faruk Balli & Hatice Ozer‐Balli & Anne de Bruin, 2021. "Firm‐level political risk and Shari’ah compliance: equity capital cost and payouts policy," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 61(3), pages 4639-4667, September.
    43. Cailin R. Slattery & Alisa Tazhitdinova & Sarah Robinson, 2022. "Corporate Political Spending and State Tax Policy: Evidence from Citizens United," NBER Working Papers 30352, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    44. Olimpia Cutinelli Rendina & Sonja Dobkowitz & Antoine Mayerowitz, 2024. "Environmentally-Responsible Demand: Irresponsible Lobbying? ," Post-Print hal-04502992, HAL.
    45. Désirée Vandenberghe & Johan Albrecht, 2018. "Tackling the chronic disease burden: are there co-benefits from climate policy measures?," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 19(9), pages 1259-1283, December.
    46. Conconi, Paola & Blanga-Gubbay, Michael & Parenti, Mathieu, 2020. "Lobbying for Globalization," CEPR Discussion Papers 14597, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    47. Schnakenberg, Keith & Turner, Ian R, 2023. "Formal Theories of Special Interest Influence," SocArXiv 47e26, Center for Open Science.
    48. Timothy Fitzgerald, 2024. "Regulatory capture in a resource boom," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 198(1), pages 93-127, January.
    49. Wagner, Gary A. & Elder, Erick M., 2021. "Campaigning for retirement: State teacher union campaign contributions and pension generosity," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    50. Olimpia Cutinelli Rendina, 2023. "Lobbying or Innovation: Who Does What Against Foreign Competition," PSE Working Papers halshs-03970033, HAL.
    51. Arnaud Dellis & Mandar Oak, 2017. "Subpoena Power and Information Transmission," School of Economics and Public Policy Working Papers 2017-05, University of Adelaide, School of Economics and Public Policy.
    52. Fabella, Vigile Marie, 2017. "Political-economic determinants of education reform: Evidence on interest groups and student outcomes," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 144-161.
    53. Alam, Ahmed W. & Farjana, Ashupta & Houston, Reza, 2023. "Firm investment steering through state-level policy uncertainty," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 58(PC).

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