GOVERNMENT RELATIONS: ASSOCIATIONALIZATIONAL ASPECT

Starting from Adam Smith, political economists and scientists have treated businesspeople's joint effort as a tool to get individual advantages to the public good's detriment. Yet, the latest research shows that in the developing countries business associations can play a positive institutional role in GR. With business associations' status in GR activities staying rather unclear for GR researchers, to assess business associations' efficiency creates another challenge and requires further studies.