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Do Political Action Committees Give Money to Candidates for Electoral or Influence Motives?

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This paper examines the motivation of political action committees in their campaign contributions. The paper estimates the effect of contributions on the 1996 House of Representatives elections and on the candidates' policy stances. Contributions to challengers have a large impact on election outcomes but incumbent receipts do not. On four of the five issues examined, interest groups responded to candidate positions rather than giving funds to influence them. These results are consistent with an electoral motive for contributions. Some evidence is presented that contributions to incumbents may be given to secure unobservable services for the PAC. Copyright 2002 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

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  • Magee, Christopher, 2002. "Do Political Action Committees Give Money to Candidates for Electoral or Influence Motives?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 112(3-4), pages 373-399, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:112:y:2002:i:3-4:p:373-99
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    1. Jenny De Freitas, 2011. "Political Support for a Private System of Financing Political Campaigns," FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 67(4), pages 352-377, December.
    2. Jenny De Freitas, 2009. "Political support for the private system to finance political parties," DEA Working Papers 35, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Departament d'Economía Aplicada.
    3. Timothy M. Shaughnessy, 2005. "A Preliminary Analysis of Campaign Contributions in Florida's Legislative and Judicial Elections," Journal of Private Enterprise, The Association of Private Enterprise Education, vol. 20(Spring 20), pages 43-67.
    4. James M. Devault, 2010. "Cafta, Campaign Contributions, And The Role Of Special Interests," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 22(3), pages 282-297, November.
    5. Shaun M. Tanger & Richard Alan Seals Jr. & David N. Laband, 2011. "Does Bill Co-sponsorship Affect Campaign Contributions?: Evidence from the U.S. House of Representatives, 2000-2008," Auburn Economics Working Paper Series auwp2011-09, Department of Economics, Auburn University.
    6. William P. Wan & Amy J. Hillman, 2006. "One of these things is not like the others: What contributes to dissimilarity among MNE subsidiaries’ political strategy?," Management International Review, Springer, vol. 46(1), pages 85-107, February.
    7. Apollonio, Dorie E. & Glantz, Stanton A. & Bero, Lisa A., 2014. "Term limits and the tobacco industry," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 1-5.
    8. McKay Amy, 2010. "The Effects of Interest Groups' Ideology on Their PAC and Lobbying Expenditures," Business and Politics, De Gruyter, vol. 12(2), pages 1-23, August.
    9. Eugene Beaulieu & Christopher Magee, 2004. "Four Simple Tests of Campaign Contributions and Trade Policy Preferences," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 16(2), pages 163-187, July.

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