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245 10 a| Bribery or just desserts?h| [electronic resource]b| evidence on the influence of congressional voting patterns on PAC contributions from exogenous variation in the sex mix of legislator offspring /c| Dalton Conley, Brian J. McCabe.;

260 a| Cambridge, MA :b| National Bureau of Economic Research,;

490 1 a| NBER working paper series ;v| working paper 13945;

500 a| Title from PDF file as viewed on 7/2/2008.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 3 a| "Evidence on the relationship between political contributions and legislators' voting behavior is marred by concerns about endogeneity in the estimation process. Using a legislator's offspring sex mix as an exogenous variable, we employ a two-stage least squares estimation procedure to predict the effect of voting behavior on political contributions. Following previous research, we find that a legislator's proportion daughters has a significant effect on voting behavior for women's issues, as measured by score in the "Congressional Record on Choice" issued by NARAL Pro-Choice America. In the second stage, we make a unique contribution by demonstrating a significant impact of exogenous voting behavior on PAC contributions, lending credibility to the hypothesis that Political Action Committees respond to legislators' voting patterns by "rewarding" political candidates that vote in line with the positions of the PAC, rather than affecting or "bribing" those same votes -- at least in this high profile policy domain"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.;

530 a| Also available in print.;

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700 1 a| McCabe, Brian J.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

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Bribery or just desserts? evidence on the influence of congressional voting patterns on PAC contributions from exogenous variation in the sex mix of legislator offspring / Dalton Conley, Brian J. McCabe.

Author/creator	Conley, Dalton, 1969-
Other author	McCabe, Brian J.
Other author	National Bureau of Economic Research.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research,
Supplemental Content	Full text available from NBER Working Papers

Series	NBER working paper series ; working paper 13945 Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ; working paper no. 13945. UNAUTHORIZED
Summary	"Evidence on the relationship between political contributions and legislators' voting behavior is marred by concerns about endogeneity in the estimation process. Using a legislator's offspring sex mix as an exogenous variable, we employ a two-stage least squares estimation procedure to predict the effect of voting behavior on political contributions. Following previous research, we find that a legislator's proportion daughters has a significant effect on voting behavior for women's issues, as measured by score in the "Congressional Record on Choice" issued by NARAL Pro-Choice America. In the second stage, we make a unique contribution by demonstrating a significant impact of exogenous voting behavior on PAC contributions, lending credibility to the hypothesis that Political Action Committees respond to legislators' voting patterns by "rewarding" political candidates that vote in line with the positions of the PAC, rather than affecting or "bribing" those same votes -- at least in this high profile policy domain"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
General note	Title from PDF file as viewed on 7/2/2008.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Other forms	Also available in print.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2008610798

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