Christopher Cotton Cornell University   115 Crescent Place Ithaca, NY 14850 USA   csc35@cornell.edu   http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/csc35/   Biographical Sketch: Christopher Cotton is a PhD candidate in economics at Cornell University. His primary area of research involves the competition between interest groups for access to a decision maker. He plans to finish his PhD by May 2008.       JEL Areas: