The Political Geography of Distributive Politics | Zendy

Clemens Austin C. | Zendy; Crespin Michael H. | Zendy; Finocchiaro Charles J. | Zendy

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The Political Geography of Distributive Politics

Author(s) -

Clemens Austin C.,

Crespin Michael H.,

Finocchiaro Charles J.

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

legislative studies quarterly

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.728

H-Index - 54

eISSN - 1939-9162

pISSN - 0362-9805

DOI - 10.1111/lsq.12067

Subject(s) - distributive property , politics , realm , legislature , political science , positive economics , economic system , law , economics , mathematics , pure mathematics

Distributive politics plays an integral role in theories of legislative politics because it represents a fundamental aspect of legislators' electoral connection to constituents. We argue that because distributive politics is at its core a constituency‐centered process, it is essential to take geography into account in both substantive and statistical terms. Our analysis, which employs G eographic W eighted R egression, reveals substantial spatial heterogeneity in traditional models of pork‐barreling. The results challenge the implicit assumption that one size fits all when modeling the behavior of members of C ongress in the realm of distributive politics.

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