Do campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures by firms create "Political" capital?

Atlantic Economic Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-405

  Hersch, Philip ^a   Netter, Jeffry M ^a   Pope, Christopher ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lobbying expenditures; Political capital; Political contributions; Tobin's q

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249117699     PISSN: 01974254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11293-008-9125-y     Document Type: Article

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