Richard Vanden Bergh, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, has an article in the Journal Law, Economics and Organization (Volume 20, No. 2, October 2004). The article is entitled "Influencing Agencies through Pivotal Political Institutions." The article examines how interest groups allocate influence activities (e.g. monetary donations, lobbying) across multiple government institutions when seeking more favorable agency policy decisions. The article was co-written with Guy L. F. Holburn, Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario.