Pork-Barrel Spending and State Employment Levels: Do Targeted National Expenditures Increase State Employment in the Long Run?

J. Zachary Klingensmith
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J. Zachary Klingensmith: Penn State Erie

The Review of Regional Studies, 2016, vol. 46, issue 3, 257-279

Abstract: Pork-barrel spending is defined as a project that is funded by the national tax base and yet only benefits a small, localized population. Anecdotally, this type of spending is often criticized as short-sighted, inefficient, and wasteful. This paper is designed to determine whether pork-barrel spending is a driver of state economic growth, both state employment and gross domestic product, despite criticism to the contrary. I find that pork-barrel spending does have an effect on employment, but this effect is temporary.

Keywords: pork-barrel spending; employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 H50 J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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