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27 juillet 2021
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Elections Campaign finance Corporate donations Campaign manifestos Political rhetoric Text analysis D - Microeconomics/D.D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making/D.D7.D72 - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior P - Economic Systems/P.P4 - Other Economic Systems/P.P4.P48 - Political Economy • Legal Institutions • Property Rights • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Regional Studies H - Public Economics/H.H7 - State and Local Government • Intergovernmental RelationsSujets proches
Donations Presents Charitable foundations Educational endowments Endowed charities School endowments Foundations (Endowments) Charitable trusts Philanthropy Donations Private foundations Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--Law and legislation Charitable remainder trusts Endowments--Law and legislation Donations Political parties--Finance Election contributions Political assessments Assessments, Political Political campaigns--Finance Campaign contributions Campaign finance Elections--Finance Campaign expenditures Elections--Campaign fundsCiter ce document
Julia Cagé et al., « Corporate Donations and Political Rhetoric: Evidence from a National Ban », Archive ouverte de Sciences Po (SPIRE), ID : 10670/1.wbcgg9
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Do campaign finance regulations influence politicians? We study the effects of a French ban on corporate donations passed in 1995. We use a difference-indifferences approach and a novel dataset combining the campaign manifestos issued by every candidate running for a seat in the French parliament with detailed data on their campaign contributions. We show that banning corporate donations discourages candidates from advertising their local presence during the campaign, as well as economic issues. The ban also leads candidates from non-mainstream parties to use more polarized language. These findings suggest that private donors shape politicians' topics of interest, and that campaign finance reforms may affect the information made available to voters through their impact on candidates' rhetoric.