 |
The Influence of Campaign Contributions on the Content and Passage of Legislation: Modeling Effects of Campaign Costs, Partisan Strength and Institutional Design in State Legislative Chambers
| |
| | Unformatted Document Text:
The Influence of Campaign Contributions on the Content and Passage of Bills:
Modeling Effects of Institutional Design and Partisan Context in State Legislatures
Lynda W. Powell
Department of Political Science
University of Rochester
Abstract
State legislators were surveyed and asked how much influence campaign contributions have on the content and passage of legislation in their chamber. A hierarchical Bayesian model was used to control for perceptual bias at the individual level while testing hypotheses that explain the varying influence of campaign contributions across chambers. Specifically, legislative compensation, constituency population, majority party control of the legislative agenda, the costs of campaigning for office, tied chambers, powerful lieutenant governors and the education level of constituencies are all determinants of the influence of campaign contributions influence the content and passage of legislation.
|
| |
| |
|
|
The Influence of Campaign Contributions on the Content and Passage of Bills:
Modeling Effects of Institutional Design and Partisan Context in State Legislatures
Lynda W. Powell
Department of Political Science
University of Rochester
Abstract
State legislators were surveyed and asked how much influence campaign contributions
have on the content and passage of legislation in their chamber. A hierarchical Bayesian
model was used to control for perceptual bias at the individual level while testing
hypotheses that explain the varying influence of campaign contributions across chambers.
Specifically, legislative compensation, constituency population, majority party control of
the legislative agenda, the costs of campaigning for office, tied chambers, powerful
lieutenant governors and the education level of constituencies are all determinants of the
influence of campaign contributions influence the content and passage of legislation.
|
|
 Convention | | All Academic Convention is the premier solution for your association's abstract management solutions needs. | | Submission - Custom fields, multiple submission types, tracks, audio visual, multiple upload formats, automatic conversion to pdf. | | Review - Peer Review, Bulk reviewer assignment, bulk emails, ranking, z-score statistics, and multiple worksheets! | | Reports - Many standard and custom reports generated while you wait. Print programs with participant indexes, event grids, and more! | | Scheduling - Flexible and convenient grid scheduling within rooms and buildings. Conflict checking and advanced filtering. | | Communication - Bulk email tools to help your administrators send reminders and responses. Use form letters, a message center, and much more! | | Management - Search tools, duplicate people management, editing tools, submission transfers, many tools to manage a variety of conference management headaches! | | Click here for more information. |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Page 1 of 40 
