We review articles about corporate political activity (CPA) published in Business & Society since its beginnings 60 years ago and in a set of other leading management journals over the past decade. We present evidence that most studies of CPA use the political markets’ perspective. Under the premise that the contemporary political environment has changed significantly since the inception of the political markets’ perspective, our review asks two interconnected questions. First, to what degree have changes in the political environment challenged the ability of the political markets’ perspective to understand the pillars of politics: issues, institutions, interests, and information? Second, to what degree have CPA scholars augmented or diversified their theoretical arguments to accommodate these changes in the political environment? We document the CPA literature across these dimensions and questions and note that many scholars are already adopting other theories side by side with the political markets’ perspective.

我们回顾了自 60 年前《商业与社会》创刊以来以及过去十年在一系列其他领先管理期刊上发表的有关企业政治活动 (CPA) 的文章。我们提供的证据表明，大多数 CPA 研究都使用政治市场的视角。在政治市场视角开始以来当代政治环境发生重大变化的前提下，我们的评论提出了两个相互关联的问题。首先，政治环境的变化在多大程度上挑战了政治市场理解政治支柱的能力：议题、制度、利益和信息？第二，注册会计师学者在多大程度上增加或多样化了他们的理论论据以适应政治环境的这些变化？我们记录了这些维度和问题的 CPA 文献，并注意到许多学者已经在采用其他理论与政治市场的观点并列。