The Distributive Politics of Problem Solving

解决问题的分配政治

• 批准号: 9809370
• 负责人: Barry Rundquist
• 金额: $ 12.26万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-06-15 至 2000-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9809370&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Distributive; Politics; Problem; Solving

This research examines the distribution of federal expenditures in the United States. One widely accepted model states that legislators organize the distribution of expenditures for re-election purposes and that it is done in a way that leads to serious inefficiencies in policy making. This research, while building on this model, asks whether distributive politics can be effective in targeting need and solving problems. The project develops a comprehensive data set on the geographical distribution of federal expenditures in four policy areas: health, crime, transportation and agriculture. These data are arranged as a pooled, cross-sectional time series and are analyzed using a system of simultaneous equations. The research challenges conventional wisdom concerning distributive politics.

这项研究考察了美国联邦支出的分布情况。一种被广泛接受的模式是，立法者为连任目的组织支出分配，而且这样做的方式导致政策制定的严重低效。这项研究建立在这个模型的基础上，询问分配政治是否能够有效地定位需求和解决问题。该项目开发了一个关于联邦支出在四个政策领域的地理分布的综合数据集：卫生、犯罪、交通和农业。这些数据被安排为一个汇集的、横截面的时间序列，并使用联立方程系统进行分析。这项研究挑战了关于分配政治的传统观点。