Economics ETDs

Publication Date

Summer 7-14-2020

Abstract

This research aims to determine whether politically active corporations are more likely to get government contracts or likely to get more massive deals than corporations that are not politically active. The research question is, to what extent is the increase in government contracts due to the presence of corporate PACs or the amount spent by corporate PACs? In sum, we expect that the existence of PACs and the higher the corporation contributions in support of candidates for federal offices, the higher their chances of getting a contract or a more massive contract. We find that corporations that have a PAC have a higher chance of getting a government contract than corporations that do not have a PAC. Corporations that have PAC receive more dollars in government contracts than a non-PAC corporation.

Degree Name

Economics

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Department of Economics

First Committee Member (Chair)

Alok Bohara, Ph.D.

Second Committee Member

Wendy Hansen, Ph.D.

Third Committee Member

Matías Fontenla, PhD.

Language

English

Keywords

PAC, PAC spending, Government Contract

Document Type

Thesis

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