Buying the Vote? The Economics of Electoral Politics and Small-Business Loans
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DOI: 10.1017/s002210902100048x
Abstract: Abstract We study the relation between electoral politics and government small-business lending, employment, and business formation. We construct novel measures of electoral importance capturing swing and base voters using data from Facebook ad spending, independent… read more here.
Keywords: buying vote; small business; economics; vote economics ... See more keywords