Michael J Malbin
Biographic Data
| ID | 709877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael J Malbin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael J |
| FAMILY NAME | Malbin |
| SIGNATURE | MALBIN M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Albany, State University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Independent expenditures in congressional primaries after Citizens United
Independent Spending in State Elections, 2006–2010
This article examines independent spending in state elections before and after the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC . We find that the decision did not have much of a direct effect on business spending, despite public expectations. Increases were higher in the aggregate in states that prohibited corporate spending before the decision. However, the major growth was not in the business or labor sectors, but in the network org…
An Agenda for Future Research on Money in Politics in the United States
During the election season of 2012, the Democracy Fund asked the Campaign Finance Institute and Bipartisan Policy Center to convene a working group of scholars to recommend research priorities for funders over the next several years in the field of money and politics. Eighteen prominent scholars of political science, law, communications, and economics joined in the effort. They began with a shared premise: fundamental changes in politics, law, te…
Small Donors
This article examines what scholars know and need to know to assess the role and impact of small donors, engaging with participation theory to gauge the potential effects of technology and of public financing on the economics of mobilizing donors. As a prelude, the article reviews the evidence showing that small donors are more representative economically than those whose large contributions now dominate political finance. Second, it considers an…
Rethinking the Campaign Finance Agenda
For one-third of a century, federal campaign finance debates have been stuck in a corruption rut. Whether in Congress, FEC or the courts, most of the action has been about limiting contributions and certain expenditures. After defending the ban of soft money contributions to national political parties and questioning the effects of electioneering regulations, the article argues that whatever one's positions on these issues it is time to rethink t…
Herbert E. Alexander
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Does Publicizing a Tax Credit for Political Contributions Increase Its Use
We present the results of an experiment using nonpartisan, informational direct mail—of the sort that a public relations–conscious government agency might use—to encourage Ohio voters to contribute money to political candidates. Ohio provides full tax credits of up to $50 to citizens who make contributions to state candidates. We found that the mailing produced a modest and marginally significant increase in the number of citizens who filed for t…
Will the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 strengthen the political system
Political Contribution Tax Credits and Citizen Participation
This article discusses political contribution tax credits, a campaign finance reform that seeks to encourage participation. Several states provide citizens with tax credits for part or all of their contributions to state or local candidates. Although a fewstudies have tried to estimate the budgetary impact of such programs, none has analyzed the effects of these tax credits on the propensity of citizens to contribute. We discuss the results of tw…
Campaign finance reform
Financing the 1992 Election. Herbert E. Alexander , Anthony Corrado
New Directions in U. S. Congressional Research
Small Donors
This article examines what scholars know and need to know to assess the role and impact of small donors, engaging with participation theory to gauge the potential effects of technology and of public financing on the economics of mobilizing donors. As a prelude, the article reviews the evidence showing that small donors are more representative economically than those whose large contributions now dominate political finance. Second, it considers an…
Independent expenditures in congressional primaries after Citizens United
Political Contribution Tax Credits and Citizen Participation
This article discusses political contribution tax credits, a campaign finance reform that seeks to encourage participation. Several states provide citizens with tax credits for part or all of their contributions to state or local candidates. Although a fewstudies have tried to estimate the budgetary impact of such programs, none has analyzed the effects of these tax credits on the propensity of citizens to contribute. We discuss the results of tw…
Independent Spending in State Elections, 2006–2010
This article examines independent spending in state elections before and after the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC . We find that the decision did not have much of a direct effect on business spending, despite public expectations. Increases were higher in the aggregate in states that prohibited corporate spending before the decision. However, the major growth was not in the business or labor sectors, but in the network org…
An Agenda for Future Research on Money in Politics in the United States
During the election season of 2012, the Democracy Fund asked the Campaign Finance Institute and Bipartisan Policy Center to convene a working group of scholars to recommend research priorities for funders over the next several years in the field of money and politics. Eighteen prominent scholars of political science, law, communications, and economics joined in the effort. They began with a shared premise: fundamental changes in politics, law, te…
Rethinking the Campaign Finance Agenda
For one-third of a century, federal campaign finance debates have been stuck in a corruption rut. Whether in Congress, FEC or the courts, most of the action has been about limiting contributions and certain expenditures. After defending the ban of soft money contributions to national political parties and questioning the effects of electioneering regulations, the article argues that whatever one's positions on these issues it is time to rethink t…
Does Publicizing a Tax Credit for Political Contributions Increase Its Use
We present the results of an experiment using nonpartisan, informational direct mail—of the sort that a public relations–conscious government agency might use—to encourage Ohio voters to contribute money to political candidates. Ohio provides full tax credits of up to $50 to citizens who make contributions to state candidates. We found that the mailing produced a modest and marginally significant increase in the number of citizens who filed for t…
Campaign finance reform
New Directions in U. S. Congressional Research
Financing the 1992 Election. Herbert E. Alexander , Anthony Corrado
Campaign finance reform
Will the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 strengthen the political system
Political Contribution Tax Credits and Citizen Participation
This article discusses political contribution tax credits, a campaign finance reform that seeks to encourage participation. Several states provide citizens with tax credits for part or all of their contributions to state or local candidates. Although a fewstudies have tried to estimate the budgetary impact of such programs, none has analyzed the effects of these tax credits on the propensity of citizens to contribute. We discuss the results of tw…
Does Publicizing a Tax Credit for Political Contributions Increase Its Use
We present the results of an experiment using nonpartisan, informational direct mail—of the sort that a public relations–conscious government agency might use—to encourage Ohio voters to contribute money to political candidates. Ohio provides full tax credits of up to $50 to citizens who make contributions to state candidates. We found that the mailing produced a modest and marginally significant increase in the number of citizens who filed for t…
Rethinking the Campaign Finance Agenda
For one-third of a century, federal campaign finance debates have been stuck in a corruption rut. Whether in Congress, FEC or the courts, most of the action has been about limiting contributions and certain expenditures. After defending the ban of soft money contributions to national political parties and questioning the effects of electioneering regulations, the article argues that whatever one's positions on these issues it is time to rethink t…
Herbert E. Alexander
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
An Agenda for Future Research on Money in Politics in the United States
During the election season of 2012, the Democracy Fund asked the Campaign Finance Institute and Bipartisan Policy Center to convene a working group of scholars to recommend research priorities for funders over the next several years in the field of money and politics. Eighteen prominent scholars of political science, law, communications, and economics joined in the effort. They began with a shared premise: fundamental changes in politics, law, te…
Small Donors
This article examines what scholars know and need to know to assess the role and impact of small donors, engaging with participation theory to gauge the potential effects of technology and of public financing on the economics of mobilizing donors. As a prelude, the article reviews the evidence showing that small donors are more representative economically than those whose large contributions now dominate political finance. Second, it considers an…
Independent Spending in State Elections, 2006–2010
This article examines independent spending in state elections before and after the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC . We find that the decision did not have much of a direct effect on business spending, despite public expectations. Increases were higher in the aggregate in states that prohibited corporate spending before the decision. However, the major growth was not in the business or labor sectors, but in the network org…
Independent expenditures in congressional primaries after Citizens United
Political science (12 works) · Politics (10 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Public Administration (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Campaign finance (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Social Media and Politics (4 works)