A Theory of Small Campaign Contributions
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- Laurent Bouton & Micael Castanheira & Allan Drazen, 2018. "A Theory of Small Campaign Contributions," Working Papers gueconwpa~18-18-05, Georgetown University, Department of Economics.
- Laurent Bouton & Micael Castanheira & Allan Drazen, 2018. "A Theory of Small Campaign Contributions," NBER Working Papers 24413, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Laurent Bouton & Micael Castanheira De Moura & Allan Drazen, 2020. "A Theory of Small Campaign Contributions," Working Papers ECARES 2020-43, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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Campaign Contributions; Campaign Finance Laws; Electoral Motive; Income inequality;JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2018-04-02 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2018-04-02 (Positive Political Economics)
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