Stuckatz, Jan
(2022)
How the workplace affects employee political contributions.
American Political Science Review, vol. 116 (n° 1).
54 - 69.
Abstract
How important is the workplace for employees’ political donations? Contrary to research on workplace political mobilization, existing work assumes that most individual donors contribute ideologically. I link donations of employees and Political Action Committees (PACs) from 12,737 U.S. public companies between 2003 and 2018 to show that 16.7% of employee donations go to employer-PAC-supported candidates. I investigate the dynamics between employee and PAC donations within firm–legislator pairs over time and find that both rank-and-file employees and executives contribute more dollars to company-supported politicians. Firm–employee donation alignment is stronger on powerful and ideologically moderate politicians with high value for the employer. Results from a difference-in-differences design further show modest changes in the partisan composition of employee donations after swift changes in the partisan donations of corporate PACs. The results suggest investment-related rather than ideological motives for alignment and highlight the importance of corporations for money in politics.
Item Type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
Date: | February 2022 |
Refereed: | Yes |
Place of Publication: | New York. |
Subjects: | B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE |
Divisions: | TSE-R (Toulouse) |
Site: | UT1 |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jul 2022 14:01 |
Last Modified: | 13 Jul 2022 14:01 |
OAI Identifier: | oai:tse-fr.eu:126086 |
URI: | https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/43852 |