presidential candidates
Academic Literature Shows: The Problems with Regulating Campaign Finance Are Deeper Than Mere Lack of Political Will
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...
In the 2016 Presidential Election, Only 0.4 Percent of Donations Were Made by Donors Who Donated to Multiple Candidates
In the 2016 election, Donald Trump received few donations from people who had donated to other candidates in the Republican primary; the opposite occurred...
140 Years of Antitrust: The Evolution of Economic Language Related to Trusts and Antitrust
In the third installment of our four-part series on the history of antitrust language in American political discourse, we review the evolution of economic...
Employees of Large Companies Favor Hillary Clinton
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...
Attorneys General for Sale? We Should Focus on the Practice, Not Just on Trump’s Role
Trump is not the only, nor the biggest, player in the game of influencing attorneys general. Singling him out for opprobrium is aiming at the...
Donald Trump and the Political Economy of Real Estate Tax in the US: Q&A With Professor Edward Kleinbard
Edward Kleinbard from the University of Southern California explains how Donald Trump was potentially able to lose nearly a billion dollars of his investors’...
140 Years of Antitrust: "Competition" in Democratic and Republican Platforms
 In the second installment of our four-part series about the history of antitrust language in American political discourse, we review the evolution of economic language...
Donation Preferences: Republicans Outnumbered in Academia
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...
Campaign Financing Capture Index: Donald Trump Keeps Losing Affection from Big Donors, While Clinton Maintains It
As of August 31, 31.5 percent of Hillary Clinton’s contributions come from donors who contributed more than $100,000. Over the last three indices calculated by...
Campaign Financing Capture Index: 37.8 Percent of Clinton's Donations Come From the Top 0.1 Percent of Her Donors
30.7 percent of Clinton’s contributions came from donors who contributed more than $100,000. Clinton’s main super PAC raised $8.08 million in July–nearly all of...
