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Money in Politics

While the conventional debate usually revolves around the amount of campaign donations each candidate receives (how much), we spotlight also issues such as the concentration of donations (who donates), or more stealth forms of money in politics such as lobbying.

Money in Politics

A House Divided

Paola Sapienza
On the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration as president, the latest update of the Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index survey finds that Americans are sharply divided on...
Money in Politics

Donald Trump’s Economic Policies: Pro-Business, Not Pro-Market

Luigi Zingales
Trump is eliminating lobbyists by putting them in charge of all departments. After his election,((This post was originally published in Il Sole 24 Ore.)) it was...
Money in Politics

Campaign Finance in the 2016 Election: With Federal Reform Unlikely, the Use of Super PACs has Become More “Brazen”

Asher Schechter
While it is still too early to draw any decisive conclusions regarding the role money played during this election cycle, some trends can already...
Money in Politics

Finance and Healthcare Bound to Gain from Clinton’s Presidency

Andrea Hamaui
Hillary Clinton has promised to be tough on finance and pharmaceutical companies. So why do financial and healthcare stocks go up when the probability...
Money in Politics

Wealthier Donors Prefer Hillary Clinton

Tania Diaz Bazan
Hillary Clinton’s donors are wealthier than Donald Trump’s, at least judging from the value of their homes. The median home price of Clinton’s supporters...
Money in Politics

Academic Literature Shows: The Problems with Regulating Campaign Finance Are Deeper Than Mere Lack of Political Will

Doron Navot
The experience of regulating campaign finance in the last four decades tells us that the "donor class" has found ways to turn wild once and...
Money in Politics

In the 2016 Presidential Election, Only 0.4 Percent of Donations Were Made by Donors Who Donated to Multiple Candidates

Tania Diaz Bazan
In the 2016 election, Donald Trump received few donations from people who had donated to other candidates in the Republican primary; the opposite occurred...
Money in Politics

Employees of Large Companies Favor Hillary Clinton

Tania Diaz Bazan
Clinton received overwhelming support from workers in the banking, tech, and mobile industries. 98 percent of the total amount raised by workers at financial institutions...
Money in Politics

Donald Trump and the Political Economy of Real Estate Tax in the US: Q&A With Professor Edward Kleinbard

Guy Rolnik
Edward Kleinbard from the University of Southern California explains how Donald Trump was potentially able to lose nearly a billion dollars of his investors’...
Money in Politics

Donation Preferences: Republicans Outnumbered in Academia

Tania Diaz Bazan
Vast majority of faculty and staff members from universities support Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump's percentage of donations from faculty and staff is on average 0.5...
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