Political contribution tax credits and citizen participation

American Politics Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 787-817

  Boatright, Robert G ^a   Malbin, Michael J ^b,c  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Campaign Finance Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign contributions; Campaign finance; Candidates; Political contribution tax credits; Political contributions; Political donors; Political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744579663     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X04273418     Document Type: Review

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