Bribery or Just Desserts? Evidence on the Influence of Congressional Voting Patterns on PAC Contributions from Exogenous Variation in the Sex Mix of Legislator Offspring

Dalton Conley, Brian J. McCabe

NBER Working Paper No. 13945
Issued in April 2008

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This work was supported by funds from the Alan T. Waterman Award of the National Science Foundation. Many thanks to Ebonya Washington for generously sharing her data and insights. Thanks also to the participants at colloquia at U.C. Irvine and Northwestern University. The usual caveats apply. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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