The campaign value of incumbency: A new solution to the puzzle of less effective incumbent spending

A puzzle in research on campaign spending is that while expenditure is positively related to votes won, this effect is far more strongly, or even exclusively, enjoyed by challengers rather than by incumbents. We unearth a new explanation for the puzzle, focusing on the hidden, yet variable, campaign...

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Main Authors: BENOIT, Kenneth, MARSH, Michael
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3995
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5253/viewcontent/ajps_348_pv.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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