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FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND INTEREST FORMATION: THE CASE OF IMPUTED INTEREST GROUPS
Author(s) -
Colarulli Guy C.,
Berg Bruce F.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00065.x
Subject(s) - legislation , interest group , special interest group , incentive , politics , national interest , public economics , public interest , service (business) , public administration , political science , law and economics , business , economics , law , microeconomics , marketing
This paper examines an impact of federal legislation on the formation of political interests; it identifies and defines a phenomenon we have labeled imputed interest groups . The interest groups can be seen when federal legislation makes benefit packages that serve as incentives to interest formation and ties interest groups to the maintenance of these benefit packages. Identification of imputed interest groups necessitates a re‐examination of subgovernments, service deliverer‐recipient relationships, and policymaking in a federal system.