The Electoral Effects of Incumbent Wealth
研究了在任众议员财富对竞选资金、得票率及挑战者质量的影响，发现财富并未带来选举优势。
The absence of limits on own‐source campaign contributions is widely thought to give wealthy candidates an advantage in congressional elections. We employ a unique data set on the wealth of House incumbents running for reelection in 1992. We find that wealthy incumbents do not raise or spend more campaign funds and do not win greater vote shares in their reelection bids. Further, incumbent wealth does not deter high‐quality challengers.