The Energy Policy Act of 2003 and the social network of the power industry

Permanent citation URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/6301
Title:The Energy Policy Act of 2003 and the social network of the power industry
Authors:Crawford, Seth
Authors:Barker, Kristen
Lach, Denise
Sahr, Robert
Keywords:Political Campaign Contributions
Power Policy-Planning
Senators' Voting Patterns
Senator's Amendment Proposals
LCSH Keywords:Campaign funds -- United States
Energy policy -- United States
Energy industries -- Political activity
Legislators -- United States -- Decision making
Issue Date:8-Aug-2007
Abstract:This analysis determines the impact of campaign contributions on Senators' legislative activity on the Energy Policy Act of 2003, identifies organizations within the power policy-planning network, and examines the social netwrok of the energy industry and its relationship with the power policy-planning network. After describing the research methods used for this analysis and identifying the organizations that make up the power policy-planning network, OLS regression is used to isolate the explanatory power of campaign contributions and political party on Senators' amendment proposals and voting patterns, then the social network of the energy industry and its relationship with the power policy-planning network is explored.
URI:http://hdl.handle.net/1957/6301
Appears in Collections:Master of Public Policy Student Research Papers

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