Who Gets the Goods? Moderate Voting Records, Diminishing Returns, and Pac Contributions

Assuming that a legislator representing a moderate constituency (with respect to a variety of interests) may be expected to vote moderately in general, the authors suggest a measure of the 'moderateness' of a legislator's voting behavior and use it to determine whether a relationship exists between PAC contributions and the degree of moderateness. The results suggest that PACs exhibit a tendency to give more, at the margin, to legislators with moderate voting records

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Year of publication:	2001
Authors:	Dempster, Gregory M. ; Westley, Christopher
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Theorie \| Theory \| Politikfinanzierung \| Political finance \| Politische Willensbildung \| Political opinion formation \| Politische Entscheidung \| Political decision
Description of contents:	Abstract [papers.ssrn.com]

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Economics & Politics, Vol. 12, No. 3 Volltext nicht verfügbar
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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