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IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY SPORTS CAPITAL GRANT ALLOCATIONS, 1999–2007: NATURAL EXPERIMENTS ON POLITICAL INFLUENCE
Author(s) -
Considine John,
Crowley Frank,
Foley Sinead,
O’Connor Marie
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2008.00843.x
Subject(s) - lottery , irish , politics , tourism , capital (architecture) , natural experiment , economics , political capital , political science , geography , law , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , microeconomics
Irish National Lottery Sports Capital Grant Allocations show a clear bias towards the geographical areas represented by the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism and the Minister for Finance. This bias is the result of the procedures by which the funds are allocated.