The effects of interest groups' ideology on their PAC and lobbying expenditures

Business and Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  McKay, Amy ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ideology; interest groups; lobbying; PACs; political spending

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955338646     PISSN: 13695258     EISSN: 14693569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1306     Document Type: Article

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