Money and American Elections

The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Powell, Lynda W ^a   Wilcox, Clyde ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American elections; Campaign finance regulations; Contribution limits; Democracy; Disclosure; Money; Public funding; Source prohibitions; Spending

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904588784     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199235476.003.0033     Document Type: Chapter

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