In recent years, the courts have invalidated a variety of campaign finance laws while simultaneously upholding disclosure requirements. Courts view disclosure as a less-restrictive means to root out corruption while critics claim that disclosure chills speech and deters political participation. Using individual-level contribution data from state elections between 2000 and 2008, we find that the speech-chilling effects of disclosure are negligible. On average, less than one donor per candidate is likely to stop contributing when the public visibility of campaign contributions increases. Moreover, we do not observe heterogeneous effects for small donors or ideological outliers despite an assumption in First Amendment jurisprudence that these ...
In Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court swept away long-standing limits on corporate spending i...
An often overlooked aspect of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. FEC is the s...
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...
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 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 the American states, campaign finance laws require disclosure of private information for contribu...
Donors influence state policy development through campaign contributions to legislative candidates. ...
Elections create an opportunity for voters to get to know the candidates, but elections also give vo...
In an age of dark money—the anonymous political spending facilitated by gaps in our campaign finance...
Since the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, proponent...
In Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court swept away long-standing limits on corporate spending i...
An often overlooked aspect of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. FEC is the s...
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...
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 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 the American states, campaign finance laws require disclosure of private information for contribu...
Donors influence state policy development through campaign contributions to legislative candidates. ...
Elections create an opportunity for voters to get to know the candidates, but elections also give vo...
In an age of dark money—the anonymous political spending facilitated by gaps in our campaign finance...
Since the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, proponent...
In Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court swept away long-standing limits on corporate spending i...
An often overlooked aspect of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. FEC is the s...
An often overlooked aspect of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. FEC is the s...