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Campaign Financing Capture Index: Historical Comparison Shows the Extent of Growth in Political Contributions From Big Donors

More than a third of total contributions raised by presidential candidates from both parties in the 2016 race come from donors who gave more...

Campaign Financing Capture Index: Record Concentration of Political Donors

41.3 percent of the money raised by the Cruz campaign and by PACs and Super PACs backing his candidacy came from donors who gave...

Unusual Debate at Davos: Lobbying, Maximizing Shareholder Value and the Duty of CEO’s

BlackRock CEO, Larry Fink: “We can tell a company to fire 5000 employees tomorrow, or tell a company to do something that maybe is bad for...

Campaign Financing Capture Index: Candidates on Fundraising Spree Attract Millions from Big Donors

With Marco Rubio out of the race, Ted Cruz is now the candidate with the largest fraction of political contributions over $5,000. Before dropping...

Stigler Center Survey Reveals: Majority of Americans Concerned About the Influence of Campaign Donors on Candidates

Survey: 57 percent of Americans believe candidates who take money from big businesses, unions and special interest groups are under their control. In the past...

Campaign Financing Capture Index

The first part of the new project by the Stigler Center on the influence of money on politics: of the remaining presidential candidates, Marco...

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