کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5034413 1471624 2017 20 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Research paperDoes partisan affiliation impact the distribution of spending? Evidence from state governments' expenditures on education
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
آیا وابستگی حزب به توزیع هزینه ها تاثیر می گذارد؟ شواهد از هزینه های دولت های دولت در زمینه آموزش و پرورش
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
چکیده انگلیسی


- Existing work on impacts of partisan affiliation has led to mixed results.
- Existing work often focuses on levels of spending.
- We study the impact of partisan affiliation on the distribution of spending.
- To do so, we draw on state-level education finance data from the US.
- Party matters; Democrats shift funds to high-minority districts.

How and why does partisan affiliation impact policy? Using a regression discontinuity strategy and focusing on state education spending, we find that Democratic and Republican governors allocate spending differently. In particular, school districts with higher shares of minority students receive larger state transfers than other districts under Democratic governors. A similar pattern occurs in state transfers to higher education institutions. This is true regardless of whether the governor is eligible for reelection; we find no evidence that Democrat governors are simply sending money to areas with a larger share of Democrats. These results suggest that the observed policy divergence is driven by differences in preferences of elected candidates.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization - Volume 143, November 2017, Pages 58-77
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