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Empirics | Political institutions | Special interest politics

Foreign Influence in US Politics

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Posted on 4 April 2022

By Max Miller

We provide the first large-sample evidence of foreign influence in US politics, showing that meetings between foreign countries and legislators affect government resource allocation directly for countries and indirectly for...
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Corporate finance

Direct Democracy, Corporate Political Strategy, and Firm Value

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Posted on 1 October 2021

By Philip Valta

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 measures in favor of or...
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Special interest politics

Self-funding of Political Campaigns

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Posted on 13 September 2021

By Philip Valta

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 raise less money from individuals...
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Empirics | Political institutions | Regulation

Financial Policymaking After Crises: Public vs. Private Interests

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Posted on 7 July 2021

By Orkun Saka

We first present a simple model of post-crisis policymaking driven by both public and private interests. Using a novel dataset covering 94 countries between 1973 and 2015, we then establish...
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