Did politics influence which car dealerships were closed when President Obama’s automobile task force restructured the auto industry? A 2009 study that looked at closures and car dealers’ political contributions found no evidence of bias, but a new study that measures political influence more directly reaches a different conclusion.
Government behind the Wheel
More a Matter of Politics Than of Economics
By David L. Black, Philip A. Burton, Jim F. Couch, Keith D. Malone
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