caa a22 4500 606168583 CHVBK 20210128100707.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11127-015-0298-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11127-015-0298-z The political economy of the Essential Air Service program [Elektronische Daten] [Joshua Hall, Amanda Ross, Christopher Yencha] We find that congressional influences affect the amount of airport subsidies that a congressional district receives through the Essential Air Service (EAS) program. The EAS program was passed with the goal of helping to continue commercial air service to rural communities following deregulation in the 1970s. Using data from 1998-2014, we find strong and consistent evidence that subsidies are higher in districts having congressional representation on the House Transportation and Ways and Means Committees. Our empirical results, when combined with news reports of members claiming credit for securing EAS funding, are consistent with the EAS serving private and public interests. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Congressional dominance nationallicence Deregulation nationallicence Airports nationallicence Hall Joshua Department of Economics, West Virginia University, PO Box 6025, 26506, Morgantown, WV, USA aut Ross Amanda Department of Economics, West Virginia University, PO Box 6025, 26506, Morgantown, WV, USA aut Yencha Christopher Department of Economics, West Virginia University, PO Box 6025, 26506, Morgantown, WV, USA aut Public Choice Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 165/1-2(2015-10-01), 147-164 0048-5829 165:1-2<147 2015 165 11127 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-015-0298-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-015-0298-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hall Joshua Department of Economics, West Virginia University, PO Box 6025, 26506, Morgantown, WV, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ross Amanda Department of Economics, West Virginia University, PO Box 6025, 26506, Morgantown, WV, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yencha Christopher Department of Economics, West Virginia University, PO Box 6025, 26506, Morgantown, WV, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Public Choice Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 165/1-2(2015-10-01), 147-164 0048-5829 165:1-2<147 2015 165 11127