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The Effects of Yearly Electoral Competition Measures on Public Welfare Expenditures in Florida: An Analysis Over Time
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Scholarship suggests that electoral competition has been fairly consistent at an aggregate level over time (Holbrook and Van Dunk 1993). This paper first examines whether this proposition holds when applied to a state that is notorious for close elections – Florida. The results of an election-by-election calculation of electoral competition reveal that the Florida legislature has not seen a consistent level of competition in the last 25 years. Second, this paper explores the impact these yearly competition measures have on a traditional competition research area – public welfare expenditures. Will using a more accurate measure of electoral competition correspond with a stronger relationship with public welfare expenditures? Using a time series design, I find that, after controlling for a number of state characteristics, a yearly measure of electoral competition is a strong predictor of public welfare expenditures.
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Stoutenborough, Jim. "The Effects of Yearly Electoral Competition Measures on Public Welfare Expenditures in Florida: An Analysis Over Time" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott, Loews Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 31, 2006 Online <PDF>. 2008-06-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p151755_index.html>

Stoutenborough, J. (2006, Aug) "The Effects of Yearly Electoral Competition Measures on Public Welfare Expenditures in Florida: An Analysis Over Time" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott, Loews Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF> Retrieved 2008-06-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p151755_index.html

Publication Type: Proceeding Abstract: Scholarship suggests that electoral competition has been fairly consistent at an aggregate level over time (Holbrook and Van Dunk 1993). This paper first examines whether this proposition holds when applied to a state that is notorious for close elections – Florida. The results of an election-by-election calculation of electoral competition reveal that the Florida legislature has not seen a consistent level of competition in the last 25 years. Second, this paper explores the impact these yearly competition measures have on a traditional competition research area – public welfare expenditures. Will using a more accurate measure of electoral competition correspond with a stronger relationship with public welfare expenditures? Using a time series design, I find that, after controlling for a number of state characteristics, a yearly measure of electoral competition is a strong predictor of public welfare expenditures.

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