Valuing the vote: The redistribution of voting rights and state funds following the voting rights act of 1965

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 379-433

  Cascio, Elizabeth U ^a,c   Washington, Ebonya ^b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CIVIL RIGHTS; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; LITERACY; MODEL TEST; PUBLIC SPENDING; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892545167     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjt028     Document Type: Article

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