The Impact of State Campaign Finance Laws Academic Article

abstract

• AbstractWe compare spending in concurrent senate and gubernatorial elections to determine if campaign finance laws influence candidate campaign spending. We find that candidate-based public financing combined with spending limits influence candidate spending, but the effect is largely dependent on the level of the limits. We find that contribution limits do not influence candidate spending. If the goal of reform is to reduce candidate spendingor to affect electoral competition or voter turnout by reducing candidate spendingour results suggest that state public financing is more likely to be successful than contributions limits.

authors

• Goidel, Robert

published proceedings

• State Politics & Policy Quarterly

author list (cited authors)

• Gross, D. A., & Goidel, R. K.

citation count

• 45

complete list of authors

• Gross, Donald A||Goidel, Robert K

publication date

• January 2001

publisher

• Cambridge University Press (CUP)  Publisher

published in

• State Politics and Policy Quarterly  Journal

keywords

• 44 Human Society
• 4408 Political Science
• Clinical Research

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/153244000100100204

start page

• 180

end page

• 195

volume

• 1

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/153244000100100204