Partisan Representation in Congress and the Geographic Distribution of Federal Funds
研究发现，在美国国会中，多数党代表的州获得更多联邦拨款，尤其在交通和国防领域；共和党代表州在国防和交通上获得更多，民主党代表州则在教育和城市发展上获得更多。
In a two-party legislature, districts represented by the majority may receive greater funds if majority-party legislators have greater proposal power or disproportionately form coalitions with each other. Funding types received by districts may depend on their legislators' party identity when party preferences differ. Estimates from the United States, using fixed-effect and regression-discontinuity designs, indicate that states represented by members of Congress in the majority receive greater federal grants, especially in transportation, and defense spending. States represented by Republicans receive more for defense and transportation than those represented by Democrats; the latter receive more spending for education and urban development. © 2013 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.