American corporate political strategy by revealed preference

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dc.contributor.authorScaglioni Melegari, Sophia Ireneen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-14T19:43:36Z
dc.date.available2023-02-14T19:43:36Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-01
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores corporate political activity as a bundle of economic goods by analyzing heterogeneity between industries’ spending on lobbying, PAC contributions, and the appointment of former political officials to a corporate board of directors. By using hand-collected data on political connections of board members, and years of lobbying and PAC expenses, this paper reveals the sector-specific preferences of the firms within the S&P 500 as of Spring 2021. The analysis shows clear differences between the nonmarket strategies of each industry, signaled by whether or not the industry views the three methods of political engagement as complementary of substitute goods. This tactical selection suggests diverse motivations and goals between sectors and solidifies the theory that firms (and the executives that lead them) perceive corporate political activity as strategically apt.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMaxwell Palmer BU Political Science Departmenten_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2144/45604
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rightsThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subjectPolitical scienceen_US
dc.titleAmerican corporate political strategy by revealed preferenceen_US
dc.title.alternativeAmerican Corporate Political Strategy By Revealed Preference: A Cross-Industry Analysis of Political Activity as a Bundle of Economic Goodsen_US
dc.typeThesis/Dissertationen_US
etd.degree.disciplineDepartment of Political Scienceen_US
etd.degree.grantorBoston Universityen_US
etd.degree.levelBachelorsen_US
etd.degree.nameHonors Thesisen_US
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