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A Rational Choice Model for the Dakota Effect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

Jac C. Heckelman
Jac C. Heckelman
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Wake Forest University
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In a recent issue, Young and Sigelman (2008) present evidence of a “Dakota effect,” in which persons born in the Dakotas are disproportionately likely to represent their home state, other states, and also generate government spending directed toward the Dakotas. These authors are unable to explain the causal underpinnings for overrepresentation in Congress or the Dakotan natives' keen ability to direct pork back to these two states.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , October 2008 , pp. 677 - 678
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 2008

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