Pandering and pork-barrel politics

We develop a model of pork-barrel politics in which a government official tries to improve her reelection chances by spending on targeted interest groups. The spending signals that she shares their concerns. We investigate the effect of such pandering on public spending. Pandering increases spending...

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Main Authors: Maskin, E. (Author), Tirole, J. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
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