Papers & Opinions
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Direct Democracy, Corporate Political Strategy, and Firm Value
We analyze a novel data set of corporate contributions to ballot initiatives and referendums at the U.S. state level. Firms make significant contributions to ballot...
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Self-funding of Political Campaigns
Candidate self-funding, in particular self-loans, is a significant source of funding of political campaigns. Self-funding clusters among newcomers, Senate campaigns and Republican campaigns. Self-funded campaigns...
Papers & Opinions
![](https://poleconfin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Poleconfin-featureImage-040-300x169.webp)
Direct Democracy, Corporate Political Strategy, and Firm Value
We analyze a novel data set of corporate contributions to ballot initiatives and referendums at the U.S. state level. Firms make significant contributions to ballot...
![](https://poleconfin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Poleconfin-featureImage-075-300x169.webp)
Self-funding of Political Campaigns
Candidate self-funding, in particular self-loans, is a significant source of funding of political campaigns. Self-funding clusters among newcomers, Senate campaigns and Republican campaigns. Self-funded campaigns...
Papers & Opinions
![](https://poleconfin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Poleconfin-featureImage-040-300x169.webp)
Direct Democracy, Corporate Political Strategy, and Firm Value
We analyze a novel data set of corporate contributions to ballot initiatives and referendums at the U.S. state level. Firms make significant contributions to ballot...
![](https://poleconfin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Poleconfin-featureImage-075-300x169.webp)
Self-funding of Political Campaigns
Candidate self-funding, in particular self-loans, is a significant source of funding of political campaigns. Self-funding clusters among newcomers, Senate campaigns and Republican campaigns. Self-funded campaigns...