Brian Kelleher Richter

Research

I am interested in understanding how economic actors respond to the institutional environments in which they operate—and study related questions by bringing appropriate statistical research designs and sometimes new methodological tools to bear on them.  My interdisciplinary research interests span political economy, non-market strategy, business and politics, corporate social responsibility, law and economics, corporate finance, international economics, and applied microeconomics.

A partial list of publication(s) and a partial list of working papers and work in progress follows.

If you are interested in my citations, please see my Google Scholar profile for up-to-date stats. As of October 2023, I had over 1450 citations, making me one of the top-cited academic researchers in the Business and Politcs space, among others.  

Publications

• Lobbying & Taxes  
  (with Krislert Samphantharak and Jeffrey Timmons) 
  American Journal of Political Science. Volume 53, Issue 4. p. 893-909. (October 2009).
  | Media Coverage: Portfolio.com, Miller McCune |
  | Final Working Paper Version (SSRN) |
  | Link to Journal Version (JSTOR) |
  
• Profiting from Environmental Regulatory Uncertainty: Integrated Strategies for Competitive Advantage
  (with Adam Fremeth) 
  California Management Review.  Volume 54, Issue 1, p. 145-165.  (Fall 2011)
  | Final Working Paper Version (SSRN)  |
  | Link to Journal Version (JSTOR)  | 
• Why Not Adopt Better Institutions?
  (with Jeffrey Timmons)  
  Oxford Development Studies.  Volume 40, Issue 2, p. 272-281.  (June 2012)
  | November 2008 Working Paper Version (SSRN) |
  |  Link to Journal Version (EBSCO)  | 
• Campaign Contributions over CEOs' Careers
  (with Adam Fremeth and Brandon Schaufele)
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. Volume 5, Issue 3, p. 170-188. (July 2013)
  | Media Coverage: Bloomberg, Washington Post | 
  | Jan 2012 Working Paper (SSRN) |
  | Journal Version (AEA)  | Journal Web Appendix (AEA)| Replication Data & Code (AEA) |
  
• Advancing the Empirical Research on Lobbying
  (with John M. de Figueiredo)
  Annual Review of Political Science. Volume 17, p. 163-185. (2014)
  | November 2013 Working Paper Version (SSRN) | NBER Working Paper #19698|
  | Journal Version (Annual Reviews)|
  
• Do Business & Politics Mix?
  (including commentary from Ken Cohen and John Harrington)
  Harvard Business Review. Volume 92, Issue 11, p. 133-137. (November 2014)
  | Harvard Business Review Blog Version | HBR Print Version|
  
• Sources of Congressional Candidates Funds: Does Interest Group Money Dominate?
  (with Timothy D. Werner) Chapter 8 (p. 155-175) in Interest Group Politics, 9th Edition (Sage/CQ Press), edited by Cigler, Loomis, & Nownes.  (2015)
  |Working Paper Version (SSRN)|
• Using Item Response Theory to Improve Measurement in Strategic Management Research:
  An Application to Corporate Social Responsibility
  (with Robert J. Carroll and David M. Primo)
  Strategic Management Journal.  Volume 37, Issue 1, p. 66-85. (January 2016)
  |Awarded Strategic Management Society 2014 Best Conference Paper Prize, Honorable Mention|
  | March 2015 Working Paper Version (SSRN) | Journal Version (Wiley) |
  | Website Hosting Output Data: D-SOCIAL-KLD Measure |
• Bridging Qualitaative and Quantiative Methods in Morganizational Research:  
  Applications of Synthetic Control Methodology in the U.S. Automobile Industry
  (with Adam Fremeth and Guy L. F. Holburn)
  Organization Science.  Volume 27, Issues 2, p. 462-482. (March-April 2016)
  | Early Working Paper Version (SSRN) | Journal Version (INFORMS) |
  | Replication Data & Code|
  | Media Coverage: Forbes.com , Washington Times|  
• Motivations for Corporate Political Activity
  (with Adam Fremeth and Brandon Schaufele)
  Advances in Strategic Management.   Volume 34.  p. 161-191.  (2016)
  | May 2015 Working Paper Version (SSRN)| Journal Version (Emerald) |
  
• Campaign Contributions from Corporate Executives in lieu of Political Action Committees
  (with Timothy D. Werner)
  Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization.  Volume 33.  Forthcoming. (2017)
  | July 2013 Working Paper Version (SSRN) |
  

Working Papers

• Disguised Contributions to Political Campaigns: the Long Shadow of Corporate-linked Spending
  (with Adam Fremeth and Brandon Schaufele)
  | January 2016 Working Paper Version (SSRN) |
  Under Review
• Financial Market versus Consumer Market Responses to Emergent Phenomena:
  An Application to a Social Media-inspired Boycott of a Firm
  (with Timothy D. Werner)
  | August 2013 Working Paper Version (SSRN) |
• 'Good' and 'Evil':  The Relationship between
  Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Political Activity
  | January 2011 Version (SSRN) |
• Do Candidates need PACs?
  (with Timothy D. Werner)
  | e-mail me for a highly preliminary draft |
• Modeling Interest Group Access
  (with Sebastian Köhler)
  | e-mail me for a highly preliminary draft |
• The Role Political Connections Play in Access to Finance: Evidence from Cross-Listings 
  | November 2010 Version, including Web Appendix (SSRN) | 
• Corporate Social and Financial Performance Revisited:  On Measures, Methods, and Interpretations
  (with Robert J. Carroll and David M. Primo)
  | e-mail me for a highly preliminary draft |

Work in Progress (Development Stages)

• Lobbying and Procurement: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
  (with Christopher Cotton and Jeffrey F. Timmons)
• The Value of Political Geography
  (with Joaquín Artés and Jeffrey F. Timmons)
• Dynamic Corporate Social Responsiblity
  (with Robert J. Carroll and David M. Primo)
• Coordinating Corporate Political Activity
  (with Adam Fremeth and Brandon Schaufele)
• Gaining access: Evidence from Canadian lobbying data
  (with Christopher Cotton)
• Others...

Shirking Papers (i.e. Dormant Working Papers)

• Time and the Deep Determinants: Tortoise or Hare?
  (with Jeffrey Timmons)  
  | March 2009 Version (SSRN) |