Back to the future? The quest for public financing of Congressional campaigns / R. Sam Garrett -- Small donors, large donors, and the Internet: rethinking public financing for Presidential elections after Obama / Michael Malbin -- Public financing in the states and municipalities / Robert M. Stern -- Public attitudes toward publicly financed elections, 1972-2008 / Stephen R. Weissman and Ruth A. Hassan -- Campaign finance reform reconsidered: New York City's public finance program at twenty / Jeffrey Kraus -- Leveling the playing field: publicly financed campaigns and electoral competition / Costas Panagopoulos -- Public financing and candidate participation in gubernatorial elections / Conor Dowling -- Public money, candidate time, and electoral outcomes in state legislative elections / Michael G. Miller -- Does public financing of state election campaigns increase voter turnout? / Jeffrey Milyo, David M. Primo and Matthew L. Jacobsmeier -- Public financing, attitudes toward government and politics, and efficacy / Michael G. Miller and Costas Panagopoulos