Votes or money? Theory and evidence from the US Congress

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 587-611

  Bombardini, Matilde ^a,b,c   Trebbi, Francesco ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CIFAR ^*  (Canada)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign financing; Lobbying; Special interest politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955076189     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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