This paper, "Do Newspapers Serve the State? Incumbent Party Influence on the US Press, 1869-1928" to which these Appendices apply is available at the following URL: "http://ssrn.com/abstract=2089455" http://ssrn.com/abstract=2089455

Using data from 1869-1928, we estimate the effect of party control of state elected offices on the entry, exit, circulation, and content of Republican and Democratic daily newspapers. We exploit changes over time in party control of the governorship and state legislatures in a...

We assess the influence of moneyed interests on legislative decisions. Our theory predicts that the vote outcome distribution and donation flows in a legislature feature a discontinuity at the approval threshold of bills if special interest groups are involved in vote buying. Testing the...