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Estimating Candidate Valence

Estimating Candidate Valence

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Estimating Candidate Valence

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Estimating Candidate Valence

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St. Louis: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc, 2022-01

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English

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St. Louis: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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We estimate valence measures for candidates running in U.S. House elections from data on vote shares. Our estimates control for endogeneity of campaign spending and sample selection of candidates due to endogenous entry. Our identification and estimation strategy builds on ideas developed for estimating production functions. We find that incumbents...

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Estimating Candidate Valence

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