Replication data for: Stimulating the Vote: ARRA Road Spending and Vote Share
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Project Citation:
Huet-Vaughn, Emiliano. Replication data for: Stimulating the Vote: ARRA Road Spending and Vote Share. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114715V1
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Summary:
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This paper estimates the impact of public good spending on voting behavior in the United States, using a quasi-experimental design and the distribution of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) road projects in New Jersey. I find an approximate 1.5 percentage point increase in Democratic Party presidential vote share in areas close to highway and bridge expenditures. I consider two alternative mechanisms: one, a salience mechanism whereby spending and associated "funded-by" signage affect political preferences; the other, a possible political multiplier effect whereby stimulus spending improves local economic outcomes, generating incumbent votes. Evidence is inconsistent with the later explanation.
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JEL Classification:
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D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
H41 Public Goods
H54 National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
H76 State and Local Government: Other Expenditure Categories
R42 Transportation Economics: Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance, Transportation Planning
D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
H41 Public Goods
H54 National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
H76 State and Local Government: Other Expenditure Categories
R42 Transportation Economics: Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance, Transportation Planning
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