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The impact of money on elections: evidence from open seat races in the United States House of Representatives, 1990-2004

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Franklin Mixon, Jr. () (Auburn University)
Steven Caudill () (Auburn University)
Christopher Duquette () (Center for Naval Analyses)

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A binary win/loss model is constructed and estimated on the results from 1990-2004 contests for open U.S. House seats. The results indicate that election outcomes are highly sensitive to the major-party candidates' campaign spending ratios, and increases in spending ratios are shown to translate into non-trivial increases the candidate''s probability of winning, a result that holds for both Republicans and Democrats. The payoff to high levels of spending explains why it''s so attractive for candidates to outspend their opponents by large margins.

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Volume (Year): 4 (2008)
Issue (Month): 2 ()
Pages: 1-12
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Keywords: public choice;

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D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
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