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Corporate Lobbying X Polymarket

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paper
2026
Source
Novel research — in-house discovery (alphactor 2026-05-20). Inherits Akey, P., Lewellen, S. (2017). "Policy uncertainty, political capital and firm risk-taking." *Journal of Finance*. Wolfers, J., Zitzewitz, E. (2004). "Prediction markets." *Journal of Economic Perspectives*.
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In plain terms

When a company is spending top-quartile money on lobbying AND a polymarket prediction market favours their preferred regulatory outcome, the stock tends to outperform for two to three months. We buy and hold.

How it works

A firm spending heavily on lobbying AND a polymarket regulatory market on the firm's outcome trading favorably (YES probability >= 0.6) is a joint signal of policy-edge thesis. Either leg alone is noisy (Hill-Kelly-Lockhart 2014); the interaction sharpens both directionally.

No live results for this strategy yet. Charts appear once it has earned a top spot on at least one stock, either on its own or as part of a blend of several strategies.
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Data dependencies

  • Daily prices

    Adjusted-close OHLCV for every US-listed ticker; primary price feed.

  • Lobbying disclosures

    OpenSecrets Senate LDA quarterly lobbying-spend filings.

  • Polymarket markets

    A data feed this strategy reads, refreshed on its normal schedule.

  • Polymarket prices daily

    A data feed this strategy reads, refreshed on its normal schedule.

Expected edge

Reported return
untested — internal
Tested over
T+0 to T+90d

Untested — internal composite of two weak-alone signals; targets +1-3% over 60-90d horizon on policy-edge firms.

Example tickers where this is likely to fire

Illustrative only, the signal fires based on the live data, not a fixed list.

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