Campaign contributions and government grants

dc.contributor.advisorChairperson, Graduate Committee: Carly Urbanen
dc.contributor.authorCox, Christian Jamesen
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-03T15:57:20Z
dc.date.available2016-01-03T15:57:20Z
dc.date.issued2015en
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the extent to which campaign contributions influence government grant allocation. I compare federal election campaign contributions from nonprofit officers, directors, trustees, and foundation managers to the government grants those nonprofits obtain. This unique dataset combines nonprofit financial audits with FEC contributions records by matching employee names. Aggregating individual contributions and yearly audits, I construct a nonprofit panel, and I find an association between government grants and nonprofit employee contributions. Results indicate a robust positive relationship with a substantial return to contributions.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/9038en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMontana State University - Bozeman, College of Agricultureen
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2015 by Christian James Coxen
dc.subject.lcshPolitical corruptionen
dc.subject.lcshCampaign fundsen
dc.subject.lcshGovernment aiden
dc.subject.lcshNonprofit organizationsen
dc.titleCampaign contributions and government grantsen
dc.typeThesisen
mus.data.thumbpage49en
mus.relation.departmentAgricultural Economics & Economics.en_US
thesis.catalog.ckey2742075en
thesis.degree.committeemembersMembers, Graduate Committee: Christiana Stoddard; Timothy Fitzgerald.en
thesis.degree.departmentAgricultural Economics & Economics.en
thesis.degree.genreThesisen
thesis.degree.nameMSen
thesis.format.extentfirstpage1en
thesis.format.extentlastpage50en

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