Commitment and the Campaign Contribution Contract

1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nolan McCarty ◽  
Lawrence S. Rothenberg
Keyword(s):  
Campaign Contribution

Industry Politicization and Interest Group Campaign Contribution Strategies

2020 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 1008-1025
Author(s):  
Michael Barber ◽  
Mandi Eatough
Keyword(s):  
Interest Group ◽  
Campaign Contribution

scholarly journals Oil and gas companies invest in legislators that vote against the environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (10) ◽  
pp. 5111-5112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew H. Goldberg ◽  
Jennifer R. Marlon ◽  
Xinran Wang ◽  
Sander van der Linden ◽  
Anthony Leiserowitz
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Campaign Contributions ◽  
Campaign Contribution ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies ◽  
Investment Hypothesis

Do campaign contributions from oil and gas companies influence legislators to vote against the environment, or do these companies invest in legislators that have a proven antienvironmental voting record? Using 28 y of campaign contribution data, we find that evidence consistently supports the investment hypothesis: The more a given member of Congress votes against environmental policies, the more contributions they receive from oil and gas companies supporting their reelection.

scholarly journals Firm Partisan Political Positioning, Affective Polarization, and Risk Communication: Examining Firms’ Voluntary Disclosures on COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Benton ◽  
J. Adam Cobb ◽  
Timothy Werner
Keyword(s):  
Risk Communication ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Campaign Contribution ◽  
Voluntary Disclosures ◽  
Conference Call ◽  
The World ◽  
The U.S

COVID-19 is among the most salient issues in the world presently, and for many current executives, it is likely to be among the greatest challenges they will face. Upon entering the U.S. context, the disease was immediately subject to the process of affective polarization, with clear partisan splits forming around perceptions of its risks that did not relate to science. We explore whether firms’ preexisting political positioning affected how they voluntarily disclosed to their investors on a novel, affectively polarized issue by examining whether firms’ disclosure of COVID-19 risks covaries with their partisan political giving. Analyzing conference call and campaign contribution data for the S&P 500, we find a positive association between a firm’s contributions to Democrats and its disclosure of COVID-19 risks.

Ethics and the Political Activity of Business: Reviewing the Agenda

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard J. Weber
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Tax Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Sales Tax ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Campaign Contribution ◽  
The Political ◽  
Automobile Dealers ◽  
Policy Committee

In April of 1996, the Michigan Automobile Association made a $2500 campaign contribution to the Republicans in the Michigan House of Representatives. Three days later, the Republican-controlled House Tax Policy Committee approved a bill that would have reduced the state sales tax on a new car, based on the value of the trade-in, a bill supported by the automobile dealers. A few days after that, however, the Governor, also a Republican, threatened to veto that legislation. An executive of the auto dealers association called up the House Republication staff and asked for the $2500 contribution back. When informed that the check had been deposited, he told his bank to stop payment (Luke, 1996).

scholarly journals The Origins and Development of Judicial Recusal in Texas

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
John C. Domino
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Campaign Contribution ◽  
Modern Concept ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Judicial Interpretation ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Wealthy Donors

Abstract In 21st century Texas, a judge’s decision to recuse from a case is based on a complex set of norms, codes and procedures intended to promote impartiality. For most of the state’s history, however, the sole ground for the removal of a judge from a case was not recusal for bias but disqualification based on rigid conditions set out in the Texas Constitution. This article examines the foundations and emergence of the modern concept of judicial recusal in Texas with the intent to illustrate a shift from rigid constitutional grounds to a more fluid approach based on judicial interpretation of a code of conduct. The author concludes that while Texas disqualification and recusal jurisprudence is conservative and restrained, it remains to be seen whether this restraint can continue unchanged in a post-Caperton era. The Caperton probability of bias standard has become part of the dialogue on recusal and disqualification in Texas, but Caperton-based challenges are unlikely to prevail in the near future because many members of the bench and bar share the belief that the state’s judicial campaign contribution restrictions and recusal jurisprudence create a firewall against violations of the Due Process Clause. The risk, however, is that continued resistance to change may further erode public confidence in existing ethical safeguards and fall short of assuaging concerns that wealthy donors continue to exercise disproportionate influence on the judiciary.

scholarly journals Campaign Contribution Limits in California, Oregon & Washington: What a Difference It Makes

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Priscilla L. Southwell
Keyword(s):  
Campaign Contributions ◽  
Campaign Contribution ◽  
Legal Challenges ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Registered Voter ◽  
State Senate ◽  
Contribution Limits

This research examines the current restrictions on campaign contributions to nonfederal candidates in the states of Washington, Oregon, and California, as well as the legal challenges in the latter two states. The impact of unrestricted contributions in Oregon had the effect of larger campaign coffers, per registered voter, for state house, state senate, and gubernatorial races for the 2014 election, as well as a more prominent role for wealthy individual donors. 

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