In this essay, we closely examine three aspects of the Reporting Guidelines for this journal,
as described by Gerber et al.(2014, Journal of Experimental Political Science 1 (1): 81–98) …

Campaign finance disclosure is the last (somewhat) robust regulation we have in American
campaign finance, and it is under threat. We urgently need more research on disclosure …

Scholarly evidence of transparency's beneficial effects on trust and perceptions of corruption
remains debated and confined to the study of public administration. We contribute to this …

Political parties increasingly rely on self-regulation to promote ethical standards in office.
The adoption of ethics self-regulation and its ability to induce change is likely to be a …

Disclosure is the next front in the battle over money in politics. In Citizens United v. FEC, the
Supreme Court swept away long-standing limits on corporate spending in federal elections …

An influential perspective argues that voters use interest group ratings and endorsements to
infer their representatives' actions and to hold them accountable. This paper interrogates a …

American democracy is facing a novel threat: the surgical delivery of polarizing and
manipulative political ads. Modern marketing technologies give political campaigns the …

In recent decades, and particularly since the US Supreme Court's controversial Citizens
United decision, lawmakers and other elites have told Americans that stricter campaign …

Recent federal court activity has dramatically changed the regulatory environment of
campaign finance in the United States. Since 2010, the judiciary has decided that …

Despite the growing interest for lobbying in public opinion research, little is known about
citizen's attitudes towards interest groups, especially after legislation making lobbying …