More federal legislators lead to more resources for their constituencies: Evidence from exogenous differences in seat allocations

•Exploit exogenous differences in district magnitude induced by German electoral system.•Analyze causal effect of district magnitude on allocation of federal resources.•More legislators per constituency increase the number of federal civil servants in constituency.•Effect of district magnitude on al...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of Comparative Economics 2021-03, Vol.49 (1), p.230-243
Hauptverfasser:	Frank, Marco, Stadelmann, David
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	District magnitude Fiscal commons Redistribution Representation
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