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Political influence in the distribution of agricultural disaster payments

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  • Xian Liu
  • Barrett E. Kirwan

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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.

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  • Xian Liu & Barrett E. Kirwan, 2020. "Political influence in the distribution of agricultural disaster payments," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(51), pages 5613-5628, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:52:y:2020:i:51:p:5613-5628
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2020.1770190
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    1. Dylan Turner & Francis Tsiboe, 2022. "The crop insurance demand response to the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 44(3), pages 1273-1292, September.
    2. Joseph P. Janzen & Trey Malone & K. Aleks Schaefer & Daniel P. Scheitrum, 2023. "Political returns to ad hoc farm payments?," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 45(1), pages 555-578, March.

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