All 24 states that permit voters to cast ballots directly on policy matters also require that contributions and expenditures on ballot issue campaigns be disclosed publicly. Scholars assert that information about the financial involvement of interest groups in ballot issue campaigns provides voters with valuable cues about how to vote on potentially complex and confusing issues. In this article, I argue that the proper way to assess the informational benefits of disclosure is to assess whether the information gleaned from disclosure reports is beneficial to voters at the margin, once other available information is taken into account. Using a survey experiment, I show that disclosure information provides few marginal benefits for voters, cal...
In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously...
In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously...
In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously...
In an age of dark money—the anonymous political spending facilitated by gaps in our campaign finance...
In recent American elections political candidates have actively emphasized features of their fundrai...
This thesis won 1st place in the "Rights, Resources, and Political Action” category at The Denman Un...
In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously...
This paper presents a model of political campaign contributions in which interest groups can engage ...
An often overlooked aspect of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. FEC is the s...
This Essay considers Professor Gilbert’s model as the core element in a dynamic system of campaign f...
Using a pivotal costly voting model of elections in which voters privately have formed preferences o...
An often overlooked aspect of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. FEC is the s...
In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously...
This article suggests that Citizens United provides an opportunity to reconsider the relationship be...
In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously...
In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously...
In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously...
In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously...
In an age of dark money—the anonymous political spending facilitated by gaps in our campaign finance...
In recent American elections political candidates have actively emphasized features of their fundrai...
This thesis won 1st place in the "Rights, Resources, and Political Action” category at The Denman Un...
In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously...
This paper presents a model of political campaign contributions in which interest groups can engage ...
An often overlooked aspect of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. FEC is the s...
This Essay considers Professor Gilbert’s model as the core element in a dynamic system of campaign f...
Using a pivotal costly voting model of elections in which voters privately have formed preferences o...
An often overlooked aspect of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. FEC is the s...
In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously...
This article suggests that Citizens United provides an opportunity to reconsider the relationship be...
In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously...
In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously...
In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously...
In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously...