Super PACs and Financing the 2012 Presidential Election

Society, Vol. 49, pp. 409-417, 2012

9 Pages Posted: 2 Oct 2012

Date Written: June 15, 2012

Abstract

This essay provides an initial assessment of competing claims about the impact of super PACs and also offers early insights on what super PACs are doing in this election cycle and what impact it may have on the 2012 presidential election and future elections.

Keywords: super PACs, campaign finance, corruption, Citizens United, independent expenditures

Suggested Citation

Gulati, Girish, Super PACs and Financing the 2012 Presidential Election (June 15, 2012). Society, Vol. 49, pp. 409-417, 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2155280

Girish Gulati (Contact Author)

Bentley University ( email )

175 Forest Street
Waltham, MA 02145
United States

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