Previous studies of congressional spending have typically found a large positive effect of
challenger spending but little evidence for effects of incumbent spending. Those studies …

Research on the effects of campaign spending on elections has used total campaign
expenditures to measure the amount of money actually spent on campaigns. This article …

Examination of disaggregated Federal Election Commission fundraising data for 1985-1986
House candidates illustrates the tremendous financial advantage incumbents enjoy over …

Analyzing senatorial elections between 1952 and 1990, I estimate the impact of challenger
experience in various elected offices on vote for the incumbent. Controlling for other factors …

Previous research on campaign financing has been hampered by the persistence of the
simultaneity problem. In this article the authors attempt to overcome this problem by …

This paper measures the influence of campaign spending on incumbent and challenger
votes in Canadian federal elections. The goal is to assess the influence of spending ceilings …

The events surrounding the 1992 congressional elections—the check-kiting scandal, the last
opportunity to convert campaign funds to personal funds, redistricting, and a public allegedly …

At issue in this dissertation is understanding how, why, and when careers in the US House
of Representatives terminate. Much prior research exists examining congressional elections …

This review of research over the past decade on legislative elections employs the concept of
electoral responsiveness—the link between voters' choices and legislatures' decisions. The …