Timothy B Krebs
Biographic Data
| ID | 4122826 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy B Krebs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy B |
| FAMILY NAME | Krebs |
| SIGNATURE | KREBS T B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3310-1647 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 227 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Women and Local Politics: How Different Offices Affect Female Candidacies
Women’s office seeking has been the subject of considerable research, but how likely a female candidate is to seek one office over another has not. Using a unique data set of office seeking in California local governments between 1996 and 2019, we address the likelihood that women will seek certain types of offices over others; and whether and how female office seeking is affected by the context of local elections. In general, we find that women …
Following the Money: The Influence of Campaign Finance Reform in the 2011 Chicago Mayoral Election
In this research we study the effect of recently enacted campaign contribution limits in Illinois via an examination of the 2011 Chicago mayoral election. Because contribution limits for state and local campaigns were implemented in the middle of the race for mayor we are uniquely positioned to test the efficacy of the new law. In theory we expect contribution limits to cause candidates to rely on more contributors making smaller donations. Our r…
Urban Managers and Public Policy: Do Institutional Arrangements Influence Decisions to Initiate Policy
Here the authors examine the policy behavior of urban administrators in the area of reinventing government. They argue that managers in places with institutions that tend to produce conflict will be less active in policy making than their counterparts in less conflict-prone environments. They test their model with data from a survey of urban administrators in cities with populations greater than 10,000. The findings indicate that managers are sig…
What Influences City Council Adoption and Support for Reinventing Government? Environmental or Institutional Factors
What influences the degree to which city councils support reinventing government (REGO)? Controlling for environmental factors that are likely to shape council policy adoption as well as the tenure of the chief administrator, the findings of this study underscore that the type of representation system is most consistently related to opposition to REGO. In addition, the economic health of the city and the tenure of the chief administrator are posi…
Press Coverage of Mayoral Candidates: The Role of Gender in News Reporting and Campaign Issue Speech
Some research on gender bias in news coverage of political campaigns indicates that the media portray male and female candidates differently. Research to date, however, has focused only on elections to national or statewide offices, where confounding variables such as party, incumbency, and competitiveness are present. The authors resolve this problem by focusing their analysis of media campaign coverage on nonpartisan, open-seat, and competitive…
Competitive Positioning, Deracialization, and Attack Speech: A Study of Negative Campaigning in the 2001 Los Angeles Mayoral Election
Previous research on negative campaigning has focused on the influence of competitive circumstances and the timing of attacks. Here, we focus on whether campaign issues or character are more likely to be the focus of attacks and whether, as part of a deracialized campaign, minority candidates attack less than do nonminorities. Data are derived from content analyses of newspaper coverage and candidates’ TV ads in the 2001 Los Angeles mayoral elect…
Urban Interests and Campaign Contributions: Evidence from Los Angeles
Political activity is a key determinant of group influence in urban politics. This article examines a form of political activity often ignored by urban scholars, namely, campaign contributions. Using data from the 2001 Los Angeles municipal elections, I explore contributions from various urban interests. Because of its ability to overcome collective action problems, I expect business to be the main contributors, and among corporate interests, I e…
Money and Machine Politics: An Analysis of Corporate and Labor Contributions in Chicago City Council Elections
Machine coalitions use their influence to reward supporters with public goods. In this article, the author examines the link between machine coalitions and corporate and labor contributions in Chicago city council elections. He argues that machine coalition members are at a strategic advantage relative to those outside of it, all things being equal. The results of Tobit regression models applied to both nonincumbent and incumbent candidates suppo…
Media and Momentum: Strategic Contributing in a Big-City Mayoral Election
To be a competitive candidate for mayor in the nation’s largest cities requires one to raise substantial sums of money. In this research, the authors explore the dynamics of campaign contributions using data from the 2001 mayoral election in Los Angeles. Their primary theoretical interest is in whether contributions reflect shifts in candidates’momentum, which they measure via a content analysis of campaign press coverage. Findings indicate that …
The Urban Voter: Group Conflict and Mayoral Voting Behavior in American Cities
The Urban Voter: Group Conflict and Mayoral Voting Behavior in American Cities. By Karen M. Kaufmann. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004. 248p. $60.00 cloth, $24.95 paper. In her book, Karen M. Kaufmann persuasively argues that context shapes the degree to which racial and ethnic factors structure voting in mayoral elections. While this may sound obvious, what is not obvious is determining which contextual factors matter and how they m…
A Response to Hogan and Simpson
Political Experience and Fundraising in City Council Elections
Objective . Despite lack of attention from urban scholars, candidates' fundraising is a critical component of electoral politics in cities. In this research I evaluate the degree to which candidates' political experience is related to fundraising in city council elections. Methods . Multivariate regression is used to test models of city council fundraising in Chicago and Los Angeles. Results . In both cities, fundraising is a function of incumben…
Fund-Raising Coalitions in Mayoral Campaigns
Electoral coalitions have two parts: the voter coalition and the fund-raising coalition. The voter coalition consists of the individuals and groups that support a candidate through mobilization and voting, whereas the fund-raising coalition supports a candidate through campaign donations. The authors explore the less-studied role of the fund-raising coalition by examining data on the campaigns of Mayors Harold Washington and Richard M. Daley in C…
Asian-Americans, Political Organizations, and Participation in Chicago Electoral Precincts
Precinct-level data for voter registration and turnout in Chicago elections are used to assess the impact of the Asian population and party organization on political participation during the 1990s. Controlling for the effects of newer immigration, mobility, and socioeconomic status, the authors learn that larger Asian-American populations are associated with higher voter registration. Voter turnout is negatively affected in areas of higher Asian …
Apsa Names 1999 Centennial and Small Research Grant Winners
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Minority Identification Project Benefits Students, Shows Survey
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The Political and Demographic Predictors of Candidate Emergence in City Council Elections
Legislative scholars have shown that candidates emerge when political conditions are most favorable. The topic of candidate emergence in city council elections is addressed using data collected on all 50 of Chicago’s wards from 1979 to 1995. The results show that wards with open seats or vulnerable incumbents on the ballot generally have a larger and more politically experienced crop of candidates than other wards. The findings also reveal that w…
The Determinants of Candidates' Vote Share and the Advantages of Incumbency in City Council Elections
Theory: The congressional and state legislative elections literature suggest that candidates' performance in elections is largely a function of incumbency, campaign spending, and party support. Little is known, however, about how these variables affect candidates' vote share in city council elections. Hypotheses: I expect incumbency, campaign spending, and party organization support to be the most important predictors of candidates' vote share. I…
City Council Legislative Committees and Policy-making in Large United States Cities
Theory: Legislative committees are extensive and integral to the structure and policy-making functions of Congress and state legislatures.Scant research exists on current roles of committees of city councils.Hypotheses: We hypothesize that city council committee systems are less common and not as vital to policy-making than is true of other legislative bodies.Contrary to much urban research, we further expect that city government structure, not t…
A Brief Look at 50+ Years of Scholarly Development in the Midwest Political Science Association
The Determinants of Candidates' Vote Share and the Advantages of Incumbency in City Council Elections
Theory: The congressional and state legislative elections literature suggest that candidates' performance in elections is largely a function of incumbency, campaign spending, and party support. Little is known, however, about how these variables affect candidates' vote share in city council elections. Hypotheses: I expect incumbency, campaign spending, and party organization support to be the most important predictors of candidates' vote share. I…
Press Coverage of Mayoral Candidates: The Role of Gender in News Reporting and Campaign Issue Speech
Some research on gender bias in news coverage of political campaigns indicates that the media portray male and female candidates differently. Research to date, however, has focused only on elections to national or statewide offices, where confounding variables such as party, incumbency, and competitiveness are present. The authors resolve this problem by focusing their analysis of media campaign coverage on nonpartisan, open-seat, and competitive…
City Council Legislative Committees and Policy-making in Large United States Cities
Theory: Legislative committees are extensive and integral to the structure and policy-making functions of Congress and state legislatures.Scant research exists on current roles of committees of city councils.Hypotheses: We hypothesize that city council committee systems are less common and not as vital to policy-making than is true of other legislative bodies.Contrary to much urban research, we further expect that city government structure, not t…
The Political and Demographic Predictors of Candidate Emergence in City Council Elections
Legislative scholars have shown that candidates emerge when political conditions are most favorable. The topic of candidate emergence in city council elections is addressed using data collected on all 50 of Chicago’s wards from 1979 to 1995. The results show that wards with open seats or vulnerable incumbents on the ballot generally have a larger and more politically experienced crop of candidates than other wards. The findings also reveal that w…
Political Experience and Fundraising in City Council Elections
Objective . Despite lack of attention from urban scholars, candidates' fundraising is a critical component of electoral politics in cities. In this research I evaluate the degree to which candidates' political experience is related to fundraising in city council elections. Methods . Multivariate regression is used to test models of city council fundraising in Chicago and Los Angeles. Results . In both cities, fundraising is a function of incumben…
Fund-Raising Coalitions in Mayoral Campaigns
Electoral coalitions have two parts: the voter coalition and the fund-raising coalition. The voter coalition consists of the individuals and groups that support a candidate through mobilization and voting, whereas the fund-raising coalition supports a candidate through campaign donations. The authors explore the less-studied role of the fund-raising coalition by examining data on the campaigns of Mayors Harold Washington and Richard M. Daley in C…
Urban Managers and Public Policy: Do Institutional Arrangements Influence Decisions to Initiate Policy
Here the authors examine the policy behavior of urban administrators in the area of reinventing government. They argue that managers in places with institutions that tend to produce conflict will be less active in policy making than their counterparts in less conflict-prone environments. They test their model with data from a survey of urban administrators in cities with populations greater than 10,000. The findings indicate that managers are sig…
Urban Interests and Campaign Contributions: Evidence from Los Angeles
Political activity is a key determinant of group influence in urban politics. This article examines a form of political activity often ignored by urban scholars, namely, campaign contributions. Using data from the 2001 Los Angeles municipal elections, I explore contributions from various urban interests. Because of its ability to overcome collective action problems, I expect business to be the main contributors, and among corporate interests, I e…
Competitive Positioning, Deracialization, and Attack Speech: A Study of Negative Campaigning in the 2001 Los Angeles Mayoral Election
Previous research on negative campaigning has focused on the influence of competitive circumstances and the timing of attacks. Here, we focus on whether campaign issues or character are more likely to be the focus of attacks and whether, as part of a deracialized campaign, minority candidates attack less than do nonminorities. Data are derived from content analyses of newspaper coverage and candidates’ TV ads in the 2001 Los Angeles mayoral elect…
Media and Momentum: Strategic Contributing in a Big-City Mayoral Election
To be a competitive candidate for mayor in the nation’s largest cities requires one to raise substantial sums of money. In this research, the authors explore the dynamics of campaign contributions using data from the 2001 mayoral election in Los Angeles. Their primary theoretical interest is in whether contributions reflect shifts in candidates’momentum, which they measure via a content analysis of campaign press coverage. Findings indicate that …
Asian-Americans, Political Organizations, and Participation in Chicago Electoral Precincts
Precinct-level data for voter registration and turnout in Chicago elections are used to assess the impact of the Asian population and party organization on political participation during the 1990s. Controlling for the effects of newer immigration, mobility, and socioeconomic status, the authors learn that larger Asian-American populations are associated with higher voter registration. Voter turnout is negatively affected in areas of higher Asian …
Money and Machine Politics: An Analysis of Corporate and Labor Contributions in Chicago City Council Elections
Machine coalitions use their influence to reward supporters with public goods. In this article, the author examines the link between machine coalitions and corporate and labor contributions in Chicago city council elections. He argues that machine coalition members are at a strategic advantage relative to those outside of it, all things being equal. The results of Tobit regression models applied to both nonincumbent and incumbent candidates suppo…
Women and Local Politics: How Different Offices Affect Female Candidacies
Women’s office seeking has been the subject of considerable research, but how likely a female candidate is to seek one office over another has not. Using a unique data set of office seeking in California local governments between 1996 and 2019, we address the likelihood that women will seek certain types of offices over others; and whether and how female office seeking is affected by the context of local elections. In general, we find that women …
The Urban Voter: Group Conflict and Mayoral Voting Behavior in American Cities
The Urban Voter: Group Conflict and Mayoral Voting Behavior in American Cities. By Karen M. Kaufmann. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004. 248p. $60.00 cloth, $24.95 paper. In her book, Karen M. Kaufmann persuasively argues that context shapes the degree to which racial and ethnic factors structure voting in mayoral elections. While this may sound obvious, what is not obvious is determining which contextual factors matter and how they m…
Following the Money: The Influence of Campaign Finance Reform in the 2011 Chicago Mayoral Election
In this research we study the effect of recently enacted campaign contribution limits in Illinois via an examination of the 2011 Chicago mayoral election. Because contribution limits for state and local campaigns were implemented in the middle of the race for mayor we are uniquely positioned to test the efficacy of the new law. In theory we expect contribution limits to cause candidates to rely on more contributors making smaller donations. Our r…
A Brief Look at 50+ Years of Scholarly Development in the Midwest Political Science Association
City Council Legislative Committees and Policy-making in Large United States Cities
Theory: Legislative committees are extensive and integral to the structure and policy-making functions of Congress and state legislatures.Scant research exists on current roles of committees of city councils.Hypotheses: We hypothesize that city council committee systems are less common and not as vital to policy-making than is true of other legislative bodies.Contrary to much urban research, we further expect that city government structure, not t…
The Determinants of Candidates' Vote Share and the Advantages of Incumbency in City Council Elections
Theory: The congressional and state legislative elections literature suggest that candidates' performance in elections is largely a function of incumbency, campaign spending, and party support. Little is known, however, about how these variables affect candidates' vote share in city council elections. Hypotheses: I expect incumbency, campaign spending, and party organization support to be the most important predictors of candidates' vote share. I…
Apsa Names 1999 Centennial and Small Research Grant Winners
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Minority Identification Project Benefits Students, Shows Survey
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
The Political and Demographic Predictors of Candidate Emergence in City Council Elections
Legislative scholars have shown that candidates emerge when political conditions are most favorable. The topic of candidate emergence in city council elections is addressed using data collected on all 50 of Chicago’s wards from 1979 to 1995. The results show that wards with open seats or vulnerable incumbents on the ballot generally have a larger and more politically experienced crop of candidates than other wards. The findings also reveal that w…
Asian-Americans, Political Organizations, and Participation in Chicago Electoral Precincts
Precinct-level data for voter registration and turnout in Chicago elections are used to assess the impact of the Asian population and party organization on political participation during the 1990s. Controlling for the effects of newer immigration, mobility, and socioeconomic status, the authors learn that larger Asian-American populations are associated with higher voter registration. Voter turnout is negatively affected in areas of higher Asian …
A Response to Hogan and Simpson
Political Experience and Fundraising in City Council Elections
Objective . Despite lack of attention from urban scholars, candidates' fundraising is a critical component of electoral politics in cities. In this research I evaluate the degree to which candidates' political experience is related to fundraising in city council elections. Methods . Multivariate regression is used to test models of city council fundraising in Chicago and Los Angeles. Results . In both cities, fundraising is a function of incumben…
Fund-Raising Coalitions in Mayoral Campaigns
Electoral coalitions have two parts: the voter coalition and the fund-raising coalition. The voter coalition consists of the individuals and groups that support a candidate through mobilization and voting, whereas the fund-raising coalition supports a candidate through campaign donations. The authors explore the less-studied role of the fund-raising coalition by examining data on the campaigns of Mayors Harold Washington and Richard M. Daley in C…
The Urban Voter: Group Conflict and Mayoral Voting Behavior in American Cities
The Urban Voter: Group Conflict and Mayoral Voting Behavior in American Cities. By Karen M. Kaufmann. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004. 248p. $60.00 cloth, $24.95 paper. In her book, Karen M. Kaufmann persuasively argues that context shapes the degree to which racial and ethnic factors structure voting in mayoral elections. While this may sound obvious, what is not obvious is determining which contextual factors matter and how they m…
Urban Interests and Campaign Contributions: Evidence from Los Angeles
Political activity is a key determinant of group influence in urban politics. This article examines a form of political activity often ignored by urban scholars, namely, campaign contributions. Using data from the 2001 Los Angeles municipal elections, I explore contributions from various urban interests. Because of its ability to overcome collective action problems, I expect business to be the main contributors, and among corporate interests, I e…
Money and Machine Politics: An Analysis of Corporate and Labor Contributions in Chicago City Council Elections
Machine coalitions use their influence to reward supporters with public goods. In this article, the author examines the link between machine coalitions and corporate and labor contributions in Chicago city council elections. He argues that machine coalition members are at a strategic advantage relative to those outside of it, all things being equal. The results of Tobit regression models applied to both nonincumbent and incumbent candidates suppo…
Media and Momentum: Strategic Contributing in a Big-City Mayoral Election
To be a competitive candidate for mayor in the nation’s largest cities requires one to raise substantial sums of money. In this research, the authors explore the dynamics of campaign contributions using data from the 2001 mayoral election in Los Angeles. Their primary theoretical interest is in whether contributions reflect shifts in candidates’momentum, which they measure via a content analysis of campaign press coverage. Findings indicate that …
Competitive Positioning, Deracialization, and Attack Speech: A Study of Negative Campaigning in the 2001 Los Angeles Mayoral Election
Previous research on negative campaigning has focused on the influence of competitive circumstances and the timing of attacks. Here, we focus on whether campaign issues or character are more likely to be the focus of attacks and whether, as part of a deracialized campaign, minority candidates attack less than do nonminorities. Data are derived from content analyses of newspaper coverage and candidates’ TV ads in the 2001 Los Angeles mayoral elect…
Press Coverage of Mayoral Candidates: The Role of Gender in News Reporting and Campaign Issue Speech
Some research on gender bias in news coverage of political campaigns indicates that the media portray male and female candidates differently. Research to date, however, has focused only on elections to national or statewide offices, where confounding variables such as party, incumbency, and competitiveness are present. The authors resolve this problem by focusing their analysis of media campaign coverage on nonpartisan, open-seat, and competitive…
Urban Managers and Public Policy: Do Institutional Arrangements Influence Decisions to Initiate Policy
Here the authors examine the policy behavior of urban administrators in the area of reinventing government. They argue that managers in places with institutions that tend to produce conflict will be less active in policy making than their counterparts in less conflict-prone environments. They test their model with data from a survey of urban administrators in cities with populations greater than 10,000. The findings indicate that managers are sig…
What Influences City Council Adoption and Support for Reinventing Government? Environmental or Institutional Factors
What influences the degree to which city councils support reinventing government (REGO)? Controlling for environmental factors that are likely to shape council policy adoption as well as the tenure of the chief administrator, the findings of this study underscore that the type of representation system is most consistently related to opposition to REGO. In addition, the economic health of the city and the tenure of the chief administrator are posi…
Following the Money: The Influence of Campaign Finance Reform in the 2011 Chicago Mayoral Election
In this research we study the effect of recently enacted campaign contribution limits in Illinois via an examination of the 2011 Chicago mayoral election. Because contribution limits for state and local campaigns were implemented in the middle of the race for mayor we are uniquely positioned to test the efficacy of the new law. In theory we expect contribution limits to cause candidates to rely on more contributors making smaller donations. Our r…
Women and Local Politics: How Different Offices Affect Female Candidacies
Women’s office seeking has been the subject of considerable research, but how likely a female candidate is to seek one office over another has not. Using a unique data set of office seeking in California local governments between 1996 and 2019, we address the likelihood that women will seek certain types of offices over others; and whether and how female office seeking is affected by the context of local elections. In general, we find that women …
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