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Title: | Valuing Congressional Social Networks: Senate Social Centrality and Federal Allocations |
Authors: | Castleman, Andrew |
Advisors: | Payne, Jonathan |
Department: | Economics |
Certificate Program: | Applications of Computing Program |
Class Year: | 2022 |
Abstract: | In this paper, I assess the value of Congressional social networks using a series of econometric models and federal allocations to respective states. My main data set consists of all Congressional co-sponsorship connections from the 93rd to 108th Congress (1973-2004). Using this complex graph of relationships over a 24-year period in conjunction with published federal allocations, I assess how different social influences throughout Senate politics shift money throughout the United States. I find that a one standard deviation increase in senator social capital is associated with increases in allocation of 13.0–18.1%. I also find a significant relationship between allocation outcomes and a series of state-level economic controls and Senate-level controls. |
URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01xg94hs709 |
Type of Material: | Princeton University Senior Theses |
Language: | en |
Appears in Collections: | Economics, 1927-2023 |
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