Ideology, Electoral Incentives, PAC Contributions, and the Agricultural Act of 2014

Levi Russell

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2018, vol. 43, issue 2

Abstract: This paper examines the effects of interest group Political Action Committee (PAC) spending on the passage of the Agricultural Act of 2014. I use a mixed-process model to examine correlations between ideology, constituent characteristics, and PAC contributions by agricultural and environmental interests and the probability that a legislator voted in favor of the act. I find a positive association between agricultural and environmental PAC contributions and the probability that a legislator voted in favor of the act. Further, I find that legislators representing relatively large rural populations were more likely to vote in favor of the act.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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