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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Campaign contributions"”.
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Probing the finance gap theory: does gender affect campaign contributions?
… of money as their male opponents when they campaign (Newman 1994; Burrell 1994; Seltzer et al. 1997; Dolan 2006; Darcy et al. 1994; Wilhite and Theilmann 1986; Burrell 1985; Uhlaner and Schlozman 1986; Welch et al. 1985). However, women are still underrepresented at all levels of government …
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The Effects of Campaign Contributions and Vote-Trading on United States Sugar Policy
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000.
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The duality of corporate political activity: impact of institutions on lobbying and campaign contributions
… I examine the corporate use of lobbying and campaign contributions of the S&P 500 companies from 1998 to 2012, which are highly visible due to their disclosure requirement in the United States and thus provide an appealing context to examine the social meaning attached to political activities …
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An examination of congressional elections
… chapter, I look at the source congressional campaign contributions. I show that the source of a campaign contribution is an im- portant factor in determining the effect the contribution has. Specifically I find that individual contributions have a greater impact on election results than …
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Defeating Cap-and-Trade: Contrarian Access, Organised Disinformation, and the Influence of Fossil Fuel Money in Congress
… of committee members to fossil fuel industry contributions. The dissertation combines large-scale text analysis of congressional hearing transcripts with quantitative data on lobbying, campaign contributions, and committee member backgrounds. Using natural language processing and machine …
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The role of money in local American politics
… role of political spending on elections. Campaign finance regulations have evolved as a patchwork of legislation and court precedent speaking to these concerns, with substantial variation in scope and enforcement across the states. Regrettably, research is lacking in municipal contests, …
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American Imperialism in the Middle East: 1920 – 1950
… to appease the Jewish constituency and to garner campaign contributions.
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Framing the Issue - How the Medical Device Industry's Arguments Translated into Political Tools and Action
… were followed by the medical device industry: campaign contributions, lobbying, and interest groups. In conclusion, the importance of unofficial actors, their framing of the issues, and how that framing develops into action are recognized and understood.
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Two essays on political influence and the regulation of financial markets
… Using Federal Election Commission data, I find campaign contributions by corporate political action committees (PACs) are negatively related to levels of inside ownership, my main proxy for managerial vulnerability to hostile tender offers. Contribution patterns for firms with less than 20% …
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Courts, campaigns, and corruption : an empirical evaluation of the “appearance of corruption” rationale for campaign finance regulation
… Buckley v. Valeo, arguably their most important campaign finance decision, the United States Supreme Court argued that the appearance of political corruption alone might be sufficient to undermine the health of a representative democracy. There has been little empirical evidence to support this …
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REPUTATIONAL EFFECTS IN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: MEASURING THE IMPACT OF REPEAT CANDIDACY AND INTEREST GROUP ENDORSEMENTS
… of interest group endorsements on candidate contributions. The first project examines the conditions under which losing state legislative candidates will appear on the successive general election ballot. Broadly speaking, I find a good deal of support for the notion that candidates respond …
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Political contributions, voter turnout, and the effects of redistricting
Individual contributions to political campaigns are a significant aspect of the political process in the United States. Understanding how the political environment affects these contributions increases the understanding of what drives elections and political campaigns. One aspect of the political …
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American grail: Contemporary federal budget reform
… greater seniority and those who receive more campaign contributions from political action committee are more likely to resist reform.;The research demonstrates that reforms that are the product of cooperation between both executive and legislative branches are more likely to be sustained; …
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On to bigger and better things: the behavioral consequences of ambition in the US House of Representatives
… Drawing upon a wide variety of legislative and campaign activities (including roll call votes, introductions and cosponsorships, amendments, and campaign contributions), I examine whether ambitious legislators increase the levels of their activity, modify the content of their agendas, and spend …
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District Elections, Redistricting and Recall: A Study of the Fifth District of the City of San Diego, 1988-1991
… neophyte, ran an anti-developer, grassroots campaign in San Diego's Fifth Council District. She unseated well-financed, two-term, pro-development incumbent Ed Struiksma. Within 17 months, Bernhardt was recalled from office. It was the first successful recall election in the City of San Diego …
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The Reluctant Sorority: Stories of American Wives of Prisoners of War and Missing in Action, 1965–1973. Lessons in Exercising Leadership in the Absence of Power
… policy-making process. Critics charge that campaign contributions buy access to and influence with policy makers, and that the differential ability to make such contributions results in disproportional representation. The question then becomes: how do ordinary citizens who are unable to use …
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Essays in financial economics/
… examines whether and how companies benefit from campaign contributions. To obtain exogenous variation in such political connections, I use U.S. congressional elections that were decided by less than 1% of votes in a RDD. Such close elections are akin to randomized assignment: Prior to the …
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Essays on political economy
… from 1980 to 2002. I use the concentration of campaign contributions from Political Action Committees to proxy capture of politicians by special interests, and compare the reaction to increases in concentration by voters covered by two types of media markets - in-state and out-of-state media …
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Essays on Applied Game Theory and Public Economics
… competition where two parties can increase campaign contributions by choosing policies benefiting a significant interest group. However, such decision will shrink their hardcore vote base where voters are well informed about the policy. The parties can then allocate the funds between …
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Special Interests and Climate Change: An Analysis of PAC Contributions to Members of the 111th U.S. House
… it analyzes how different groups leverage campaign finance by comparing contribution strategies by political action committees (PACs) representing fossil fuel interests and environmental advocacy groups. Industry not only outspends environmental advocacy groups, but is better represented in …
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