Campaign contributions over CEOs' careers

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 170-188

  Fremeth, Adam ^a   Richter, Brian Kelleher ^b   Schaufele, Brandon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 84880630171     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.5.3.170     Document Type: Article

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