The impact of political action committee donations on the way members of the House of Representatives vote
| Author(s) | Vallens, Alexander | |
| Date Accessioned | 2011-11-01T11:57:01Z | |
| Date Available | 2011-11-01T11:57:01Z | |
| Publication Date | 2011 | |
| Abstract | This thesis examines the relationship between Political Action Committee donations and the way Members of the House of Representatives vote. To do this analysis, I analyze twelve bills from the past twelve years. In determining what relationship exists between these two, I conduct two different regressions for each bill. With the regression results, I am able to determine how much money will cause the probability of voting to approach 100%. I am also able to show how the party of the Member of Congress affects their likelihood to vote based on different levels of contributions. My analysis demonstrates a clear relationship between contributions and votes by Members of Congress. | en_US |
| Advisor | Laurence Seidman | |
| Degree | M.S. | |
| Department | University of Delaware, Department of Economics | |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/10089 | |
| Publisher | University of Delaware | en_US |
| Keywords | Political Action Committee | en_US |
| Keywords | Donations | en_US |
| Keywords | United States Congress | en_US |
| Title | The impact of political action committee donations on the way members of the House of Representatives vote | en_US |
| Type | Thesis | en_US |