The Political Economy of Discretionary Spending: Evidence from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

We study in this paper the spatial allocation of expenditures in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), one of the largest discretionary funding bills in the history of the United States. Contrary to both evidence from previous fiscal stimulus programs and standard theories of legislativ...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Brookings papers on economic activity 2014-03, Vol.2014 (1), p.375-428
Hauptverfasser:	BOONE, CHRISTOPHER, DUBE, ARINDRAJIT, KAPLAN, ETHAN
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Congressional districts Congressional voting Employment Funding Political parties Senators Statistical significance Unemployment United States Senate Voting
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