Recovering voice through out-of-district donations

IF 4.8 1区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS
Sarah Waldfogel
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Abstract

A growing share of Americans live in electorally lopsided congressional districts, potentially depressing their political participation. Unlike with voting, there are no place-based restrictions on giving, raising the question of whether individuals disengaged by lopsided home districts find voice through greater non-local giving. I explore this using the post-2010 redistricting, which reassigned individuals to more, or less, competitive districts. When an individual’s district becomes exogenously less competitive, she donates more out of district to competitive races. Givers regard non-local giving as a substitute for local political participation, increasing their out-of-district gifts by $0.40, and reducing their within-district gifts by $0.75, for every one p.p. increase in their home district’s lopsidedness.
通过区外捐款恢复声音
越来越多的美国人生活在选举不平衡的国会选区,这可能会抑制他们的政治参与。与投票不同的是,对捐赠没有基于地点的限制,这就提出了一个问题,即在不平衡的家乡选区脱离参与的个人是否会通过更多的非本地捐赠来表达自己的意见。我用2010年后的选区重新划分来研究这个问题,它将个人重新分配到竞争更激烈或更少的地区。当一个人所在地区的竞争变得不那么激烈时,她就会向竞争激烈的地区捐赠更多。捐款者将非本地捐赠视为本地政治参与的替代品,每增加一个百分点,捐款者的区外捐赠增加0.40美元,区内捐赠减少0.75美元。
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139
审稿时长
70 days
期刊介绍: The Journal of Public Economics aims to promote original scientific research in the field of public economics, focusing on the utilization of contemporary economic theory and quantitative analysis methodologies. It serves as a platform for the international scholarly community to engage in discussions on public policy matters.
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