Valuing the Vote: The Redistribution of Voting Rights and State Funds following the Voting Rights Act of 1965 *
研究1965年《投票权法案》是否导致黑人投票权增加后，其公共支出份额也随之上升。利用该法案取消识字测试的规定，通过三重差分法发现，在曾实施识字测试的州中，黑人人口比例较高的县投票率和国家转移支付增长更大，符合分配政治模型。
Abstract The Voting Rights Act of 1965, called one of the most effective pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history, generated dramatic increases in black voter registration across the South. We ask whether the increase in black voting rights was accompanied by an increase in blacks’ share of public spending. We exploit a key provision of the act—removal of literacy tests at registration—for identification. Employing a triple-difference framework over a 20-year period, we find that counties with higher black population shares in former literacy test states saw greater increases in both voter turnout and state transfers than comparison counties in non–literacy test states, a finding that is consistent with models of distributive politics.