Political Action Committee contributions and U.S. congressional voting on sugar legislation

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 441-454

  Brooks, Jonathan C ^b   Cameron, A Colin ^a   Carter, Colin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Campaign contributions; Logrolling; Political economy; Sugar policy; Voting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; LEGISLATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SUGAR CANE; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032321571     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244547     Document Type: Article

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