Balles, Patrick and Matter, Ulrich and Stutzer, Alois. (2024) Special Interest Groups Versus Voters and the Political Economics of Attention. WWZ Working paper, 2024 (03). Basel.
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Abstract
We investigate whether US House representatives favour special interest groups over constituents in periods of low media attention to politics. Analysing 666 roll calls from 2005 to 2018, we show
that representatives are more likely to vote against their constituency's preferred position the more special interest money they receive from groups favouring the opposite position. The latter effect is
significantly larger when less attention is paid to politics due to distraction by exogenous newsworthy
events like natural disasters. The effect is mostly driven by short-term opportunistic behaviour than the short-term scheduling of controversial votes into periods with high news pressure.
that representatives are more likely to vote against their constituency's preferred position the more special interest money they receive from groups favouring the opposite position. The latter effect is
significantly larger when less attention is paid to politics due to distraction by exogenous newsworthy
events like natural disasters. The effect is mostly driven by short-term opportunistic behaviour than the short-term scheduling of controversial votes into periods with high news pressure.
Faculties and Departments: | 06 Faculty of Business and Economics 12 Special Collections > WWZ Publications > WWZ Discussion Papers and Working Papers |
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UniBasel Contributors: | Balles, Patrick and Matter, Ulrich and Stutzer, Alois |
Item Type: | Working Paper |
Publisher: | WWZ |
Number of Pages: | 63 |
Language: | English |
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Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2024 12:12 |
Deposited On: | 08 Apr 2024 12:12 |
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