Dependency on Military Base Employmentu27s Effect on Defense Expenditure Voting in Congress: A BRAC Era Test of the Military Industrial Complex Theory

摘要

This study will explore the relationship between a districtu27s dependency on military base employment and the Memberu27s vote on defense appropriations bills for over the past three fiscal years (FY 2004,2005,2006). Such an analysis can be 1 used as a very preliminary test of whether there will be political impacts from the BRAC changes. While a more suitable study could be performed in the future using actual closure data and voting records, that data will not be available for several years. Still, an updated test of the military-industrial complex could give us a very early warning of the effects to come.