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The Effects of Congressional Appropriation Committee Membership on the Distribution of Federal Research Funding to Universities
Author(s) -
Payne A. Abigail
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
economic inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1465-7295
pISSN - 0095-2583
DOI - 10.1093/ei/cbg012
Subject(s) - appropriation , representation (politics) , politics , distribution (mathematics) , public administration , political science , public relations , law , epistemology , mathematical analysis , philosophy , mathematics
Does congressional representation of a university affect the distribution of research funding to universities? This article studies two types of congressional representation: district representation, reflecting interests related to the politician's constituents, and alma mater affiliation, reflecting the politician's personal interests. I find that both types of representation matter and lobbying efforts by public and private universities may differ. Thus this article suggests politics plays a role in diverting funding that might be given to other institutions based under a more objective process, reducing the potential effectiveness of the funding on research activities.