Campaign spending in the local government elections of 1999

• Main Authors: BENOIT, Kenneth, MARSH, Michael
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2003
• Subjects: Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4048; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5306/viewcontent/Benoit_Marsh_IPS_2003_pv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

For the first time in Irish electoral history, the 1999 local elections required candidates to publicly declare their campaign expenditures. Drawing on these data, we explore patterns in campaign spending and assess their impact, both on candidate success and on turnout. First, examining the electio...