Determinants of the distribution of congressional earmarks across states

Melissa A. Boyle and Victor Matheson ()

Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 104, issue 2, pages 63-65

Abstract: This paper examines pork-barrel spending within states and finds that per capita earmarked funding is correlated with the inverse of a state's population, the presence of a Republican Congressional delegation, and the tenure of a state's senior Senator.

Keywords: Pork; barrel; spending; Pork; Earmarks; Government; spending (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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