You’re so Demanding: Examining Legislators’ Requests for Earmarks

• In Event: Bringing Home the Money: Earmarks in Legislatures

Brief Overview

This is a study of the demand and supply of congressional earmarks. We clarify the differences between universalistic, side-payment, ideological, and partisan accounts and provide a framework for our analysis of their fit to congressional behavior.

Authors

• Jeffrey Lazarus, Georgia State University

• Jordon Newton, Washington University in St Louis

• Steven S. Smith, Arizona State University-Tempe