Media markets, special interests, and voters

This paper examines the role of mass media in countering special interest group influence. I use the concentration of campaign contributions from Political Action Committees to proxy special interests' capture US Senate candidates from 1980 to 2002, and compare the reaction of voters to increas...

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Autores:

Fergusson Talero, Leopoldo

Tipo de recurso:

Work document

Fecha de publicación:

2012

Institución:

Universidad de los Andes

Repositorio:

Séneca: repositorio Uniandes

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/8315

Acceso en línea:

http://hdl.handle.net/1992/8315

Palabra clave:

Campaign finance
Elections
Media
Special interests
Fondos para campañas electorales
Elecciones
Medios de comunicación de masas - Aspectos políticos
D72, L82

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openAccess

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/