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The Political Economy of Agricultural Research and Extension: Grants, Votes, and Reapportionment
Author(s) -
RoseAckerman Susan,
Evenson Robert
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1240818
Subject(s) - legislature , extension (predicate logic) , state (computer science) , politics , political science , agriculture , population , economics , public economics , public administration , law , sociology , geography , demography , archaeology , algorithm , computer science , programming language
This paper seeks to identify the economic and political factors that produce state financial support for agricultural research and extension. State demand for research and extension services is found to be influenced not only by the level of farm income and population but also by measures of intergovernmental influence and the political effectiveness of farmers. Federal grants have “price” effects which stimulate state spending; the reapportionment of state legislatures mandated by the U.S. Supreme Court had a negative effect, while the ability of farmers to elect other farmers to the legislature increases state support for research and extension.