Klingensmith, J. Zachary - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 1/16, pp. 1-17
Pork-barrel spending is the use of federal money for localized projects that yield only a narrow geographic benefit. It … incumbents are able to use their position to bolster their campaign contributions. I find pork-barrel spending and political … that general federal appropriations do not have the same impact. This supports the claim that pork-barrel spending can be …