Which Federal Programs Are Most Important for the Great Plains?

Rick Reeder, Faqir Bagi and Samuel Calhoun

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1998, vol. 13, issue 01

Abstract: The Great Plains receives more Federal funds, per capita, than the country as a whole. Most of its funding is in the form of direct payments to individuals, such as retirement and disability, and in salaries, wages, and procurement. But, compared with the Nation as a whole, the region gets relatively more funding from other types of assistance, such as agricultural and natural resource payments, defense and space, and community resource programs. Program changes would affect some places more than others, depending on local demographic and economic characteristics. For example, defense procurement increases would likely benefit the region’s metro areas more than nonmetro areas; welfare reform is likely to affect persistent-poverty counties more than other counties.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Financial Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289748

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