Campaign spending and office-seeking motivations: an
empirical analysis
Available - http://www.springerlink.com/content/k705751136445576/fulltext.pdf
Campaign spending per capita increases with stakes for winner (measured by appointment power of office).
campaign spending per capita increases with the level of self-government of the region. Our results concord with those reported for other countries with very different systems of campaign funding
// So people spend more to win more important races. Hardly surprising. Suggests actors believe in a link between campaign spending and vote share. Would go against rational choice view that policy is all that matters.
