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Political Action Committee Spending and Senate Roll Call Voting

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  • Calcagno, Peter T
  • Jackson, John D

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This paper addresses how PAC spending affects the roll call voting behavior of U.S. senators. Using a theoretical framework which draws broadly on the voting literature, the authors develop models that explain senatorial voting behavior in a pre-PAC and post-PAC world. Testing both models, the authors find weak support for a Downs-Black view of voting participation in the first model. The second model supports the alteration of voting incentives resulting from PAC spending. They find that PACs have a positive effect on voting participation. The conjecture remains whether PACs change voting outcomes, but it is clear that they buy voting participation. Copyright 1998 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

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  • Calcagno, Peter T & Jackson, John D, 1998. "Political Action Committee Spending and Senate Roll Call Voting," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 97(4), pages 569-585, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:97:y:1998:i:4:p:569-85
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    2. Randall Bennett & Christine Loucks, 2011. "Financial Services Industry PAC Contributions and Senate Committee Membership," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 39(3), pages 203-216, September.
    3. John Patty, 2010. "Dilatory or anticipatory? Voting on the Journal in the House of Representatives," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 143(1), pages 121-133, April.

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