Bericht
Campaign contributions, policy decisions, and election outcomes: A study of the effects of campaign finance reform
Proposals for campaign finance reform are essentially based on the belief that political influence can be bought with financial donations to a candidate's campaign. But do contributions really influence the decisions of legislators once they are in office? In this brief, Christopher Magee examines the link between campaign donations and legislators' actions. His results suggest that political action committees donate campaign funds to challengers in order to affect the outcome of the election by increasing the challenger's chances of winning. These contributions have a large effect on the election outcome but do not seem to affect challengers' policy stances. In contrast, campaign contributions to incumbents do not raise their chances of being reelected and seem to be given with the hope of gaining influence.
- ISBN
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0941276988
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Public Policy Brief ; No. 64
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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Wahlkampffinanzierung
Reform
USA
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Magee, Christopher
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
- (wo)
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Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
- (wann)
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2001
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Bericht
Beteiligte
- Magee, Christopher
- Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Entstanden
- 2001
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