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The Incidence and Timing of PAC Contributions to Incumbent U.S. House Members, 1993‐94
Author(s) -
BOXSTEFFENSMEIER JANET M.,
RADCLIFFE PETER M.,
BARTELS BRANDON L.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
legislative studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.728
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1939-9162
pISSN - 0362-9805
DOI - 10.3162/036298005x201671
Subject(s) - house of representatives , campaign finance , politics , power (physics) , incidence (geometry) , political science , perception , population , action (physics) , political economy , public administration , demographic economics , economics , demography , sociology , psychology , law , physics , optics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
In this article, we discuss how donor and recipient characteristics affected the incidence and timing of political action committee (PAC) contributions to incumbent members of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 1993‐94 election cycle. We contribute to the campaign finance literature by modeling the timing of contributions, which is important because timing affects the perception of political actors about the competitiveness of elections and the loci of power among members of Congress, interest groups, and between members of Congress and interest groups. Split‐population event history models allow us to compare and contrast determinants of whether and when contributions are made across various types and sizes of PACs.