Optimal effort allocation by US Senators: The role of constituency size

被引：11
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作者：
Atlas, CM [1 ]
Hendershott, RJ [1 ]
Zupan, MA [1 ]
机构：
[1] SANTA CLARA UNIV,LEAVEY SCH BUSINESS,DEPT FINANCE,SANTA CLARA,CA 95053
来源：
PUBLIC CHOICE | 1997年 / 92卷 / 3-4期
关键词：
Population Size; Public Finance; Fixed Amount; Optimal Effort; Representative Democracy;
D O I：
10.1023/A:1017960001456
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
Legislators in a representative democracy are modeled as being able to allocate a fixed amount of effort between two objectives: national policymaking and local benefit-seeking. The model predicts that the effort allocated to local benefit-seeking should be a negative function of the population size of a legislator's constituency. We empirically test and confirm this prediction by examining the manner in which United States senators allocate their personal staff between home state and Washington D.C. offices.
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页码：221 / 229
页数：9
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