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The author is a graduate student in economics at the University of Wisconsin. He is very grateful to Jennifer De Toro, Ann Horowitz, James Ray, Richard Rosenberg, Roger Sherman, Gordon Tullock, and an anonymous referee for reading and commenting on an earlier draft; to John Conway and Dale Larson for suggestions and assistance concerning the data; to Randall Brown, Douglas Caves, Joseph Hotz, Bruce Kaufman, Myron Kwast, Frank Sammartino, Leonard Weiss, and James Zinser for their continuing assistance and support; and to Karen Johnson Pittman for all of the above.

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Pittman, R. Market structure and campaign contributions. Public Choice 31, 37–52 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01718973

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