Heading Home: Estimating the Effects of Scandals on the Premature Departures from Congress and Incumbent Vote Share

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Brief Overview

We use a different estimation technique (Heckman two-step) to better assess the impact of scandals on House incumbent vote share. We also include the volume of scandal media coverage as an independent variable.

Authors

• Lara M Brown, George Washington University

• Jeff Gulati, Bentley University