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标题：Are Agricultural PACs Monolithic? An Empirical Investigation
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作者：Bond, Craig A. ; Hoag, Dana L. ; Freeborn, Jennifer 等
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：2008
卷号：39
期号：12
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：This paper analyzes donation strategies of agricultural PACs by examining and testing a variety of variables theoretically related to contributions and formally testing for equivalence of donation strategies across PACs of varying levels of aggregation. Both chambers of the 108th Congress were modeled, with particular attention paid to the targeting of different power or influence sources within the legislature. Results showed significant heterogeneity across PAC subaggregates within a chamber, as well as between chambers, in terms of overall strategy and magnitude of marginal impacts. Evidence supporting the conditional party government hypothesis where PACs target top Party officials rather than influential legislative members was mixed and subindustry specific, with chairmanships apparently less important in the Senate than in the House.
关键词：Monolithic Behavior;Political Action Committee;Political Donation Strategies;Tobit model