This paper investigates the relationship between the size of interest groups in terms of voter
representation and the interest group's campaign contributions to politicians. We uncover a …

Whether campaign advertising influences election outcomes is an open question; a paradox
given the amount spent on campaigning in general and TV advertising in particular. We …

For years, scholars of elections have argued about whether campaign finance limitations
adversely affect electoral competition. In this article, we examine how the institutional …

During the contest for Kansas attorney general in 2006, an organization sent out six pieces
of mail criticizing the incumbent's conduct in office. We exploit a discontinuity in the rule used …

Tight political races with their emotionally charged debates, mud-slinging, and uncertain
outcomes are stressful for voters and candidates alike, but that stress may be healthy for …

The conventional view in the direct democracy literature is that spending against a measure
is more effective than spending in favor of a measure, but the empirical results underlying …

After a period of almost total absence in political science, field experimentation has become
a common research design. In this chapter, I discuss some of the reasons for the increasing …

Despite high success rates when they run for office, women are still underrepresented in
federal, state, and local elective office. Past research has explored factors that contribute to …

We present a novel approach to the study of campaign effectiveness using disaggregated
spending returns from the 2007 Irish general election. While previous studies have focused …

Este artículo analiza los efectos de las fórmulas mayoritarias sobre el número efectivo de
candidatos en las elecciones de presidente (mayoría absoluta) y alcalde (mayoría relativa) …