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Volume 19 Number 1 • Summer 2014

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Corporate Influence and Political Corruption
Lessons from Stock Market Reactions to Political Events
By Jeffrey Milyo

This article appeared in the Summer 2014 issue of The Independent Review.

Movements in stock prices provide important clues for understanding the effect of campaign contributions on the decisions of elected officials. What they tell us challenges widespread beliefs about corporate donations and political favoritism.

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