Cities as Lobbyists
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6230086 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Goldstein (0000-0002-9944-8440, Harvard University), Hye Young You (0000-0003-4821-6428, Vanderbilt University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 864-876 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ajps.12306 |
| OpenAlex | W2605544530 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
| References cited | 42 |
Individual cities are active interest groups in lobbying the federal government, and yet the dynamics of this intergovernmental lobbying are poorly understood. We argue that preference incongruence between a city and its parent state government leads to underprovision of public goods, and cities need to appeal to the federal government for additional resources. We provide evidence for this theory using a data set of over 13,800 lobbying disclosures filed by cities with populations over 25,000 between 1999 and 2012. Income inequality and ethnic fragmentation are also highly related to federal lobbying activities. Using an instrumental variables analysis of earmark and Recovery Act grant data, we show that each dollar a city spends on lobbying generates substantial returns
Appeal · Economic growth · Economic inequality · Economics · Ethnic group · Fragmentation (computing · Government (linguistics · Inequality · Liberian dollar · Political science · Public economics · Public good · Public policy · Revealed preference · State (computer science · Corporate Taxation and Avoidance · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Finance · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization
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| Unique citing works | 31 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 31 |