Problem severity and legislative incentives to deliver targeted benefits: Evidence from California’s response to megadrought

• In Event: Elite Roles in Environmental Politics and Policy

Brief Overview

Some political institutions compel legislators to pay attention to their home district, yet less is known about whether problem severity overcomes such incentives. We examine legislative attention to water-related policy in California from 2000-2020.

Authors

• Cory Struthers, University of Washington

• Matthew Shugart, University of California-Davis

• Scott Alan MacKenzie, University of California-Davis