Who gets the goods? Moderate Voting Records,Diminishing Returns,and PAC Contributions |
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| Authors: | Gregory m Dempster & Christopher Westley |
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| Institution: | Department of Economics, Hampden-Sydney College, USA,;Department of Finance, Economics, and Accounting, Jacksonville State University, USA |
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| Abstract: | 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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