How do candidates spend their money? Objects of campaign spending and the effectiveness of diversification

Electoral Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-101

  Sudulich, Maria Laura ^a   Wall, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Campaign effectiveness; Disaggregated electoral spending returns; Spending diversification

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC SPENDING;

IRELAND;

EID: 79952316723     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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