Considered the gold standard on interest group politics, this widely-used text analyzes
interest groups within the intuitive framework of democratic theory, enabling readers to …

Nothing is more important in the life of a democratic nation than its elections, and no issue is
more controversial in American elections than the role of money. This book is about …

In this article, we use a regression discontinuity design to estimate the causal effect of
incumbency on campaign contributions in the US House and state legislatures. In both …

Businesspeople run for and win elected office around the world, with roughly one-third of
members of parliament and numerous heads of states coming directly from the private …

This paper contributes to the resource dependence theory and corporate political activity
literatures by distinguishing dependence from uncertainty and explaining how two different …

Dans cet article, on analyse les différentes stratégies électorales adoptées par les députés
fédéraux désireux de se faire réélire en 1998. Cette analyse s' intéresse aux gains …

Despite numerous analyses of the relationship between campaign contributions and the roll-
call voting behavior of members of Congress, we still lack definitive answers to longstanding …

Panel data are a very valuable resource for finding empirical solutions to political science
puzzles. Yet numerous published studies in political science that use panel data to estimate …

Настоящее издание является первой научной попыткой системно исследовать
политико-правовой институт лоббизма в России. В нем развиваются и уточняются …

Political dynasties, families in which multiple members have held elected office, commonly
feature in the US Congress. I explored the electoral origins of this phenomenon and …