#2003-005C "Political Allocation of Agriculture Disaster Payments in the 1990s"
by Thomas A. Garrett, Thomas L. Marsh, and Maria I. Marshall
March 2003
Revised July 2004

This paper explores the impact of political influence on the allocation of U.S. direct agriculture disaster payments. The results reveal that disaster payments are not based solely on need, but are higher in those states represented by public officials key to the allocation of relief. More...

PUBLISHED: International Review of Law and Economics, June 2006, 26(2), pp. 143-61