Policy and Patronage: The Effect of Partisan Support on the Allocation of Housing Tax Credits

Gay, Claudine

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Policy and Patronage: The Effect of Partisan Support on the Allocation of Housing Tax Credits

APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper

American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting

15 Pages Posted: 13 Aug 2013

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Claudine Gay

Harvard University - Department of Government

Date Written: August 6, 2013

Abstract

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program grants U.S. states wide latitude in distributing billions of dollars in tax credits to private developers who build or rehabilitate rental housing for low- and moderate-income households. This paper applies theories of distributive politics to assess whether state officials strategically target tax credits to geographic constituencies favorable to the governing political party.

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Gay, Claudine, Policy and Patronage: The Effect of Partisan Support on the Allocation of Housing Tax Credits (August 6, 2013). APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2300999