While the interest group literature suggests there is a consistent trend towards more corporate lobbying in various political systems, it remains unclear whether this also applies to EU lobbying. This study addresses this debate in three ways. Firstly, it takes stock of the extant literature and discusses some of the methodological hurdles that have rendered it difficult to provide conclusive evidence for the rise of corporate lobbying in the EU. Secondly, it offers some suggestions on how to address these problems and delivers some stylized facts by relying on two original datasets providing 7information on lobbying activities in the EU. In line with what has been observed in other political systems, our analysis shows that the EU lobbying community has experienced a quite dramatic increase of firm lobbying over the past ten years. Finally, it reflects on how to begin developing a systematic understanding of the factors explaining this phenomenon.

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欧盟企业游说的兴起：未来研究的议程

虽然利益集团的文献表明，在各种政治体系中，企业游说的趋势是一致的，但目前尚不清楚这是否也适用于欧盟的游说。本研究从三个方面解决了这一争论。首先，它对现有文献进行了盘点，并讨论了一些方法上的障碍，这些障碍使得难以为欧盟企业游说的兴起提供确凿的证据。其次，它提供了一些关于如何解决这些问题的建议，并依靠两个提供欧盟游说活动信息的原始数据集提供了一些风格化的事实。与在其他政治体系中观察到的情况一致，我们的分析表明，欧盟游说团体在过去十年中经历了公司游说的急剧增加。最后，