Political influence in the distribution of agricultural disaster payments

Xian Liu and Barrett E. Kirwan

Applied Economics, 2020, vol. 52, issue 51, 5613-5628

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of committee membership and electoral votes on the distribution of ad hoc agricultural disaster payments across U.S. counties. Our results show that both House oversight committees and political parties determine the allocation of payments. We find a positive and significant committee membership effect for both the Agriculture committee and the Appropriations committee, although the effect of the latter is due mainly to its majority members and the Agriculture subcommittee. Our results also show that parties target benefits to their core constituents, supporting the core voter models. Areas where the majority party have higher levels of electoral support tend to receive larger shares of payments.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2020.1770190

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